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Christian Ryan (ed.): Australia: Story of a Cricket Country
Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress •
Bernard Whimpress
Australia: Story of a Cricket Country
edited by Christian Ryan
Hardie Grant Books, $89.95 hb, 400 pp, 9781740669375
A favourite quiz question for cricket history buffs has been ‘Who is the only Nobel Prize winner to play first-class cricket?’ Answer: Samuel Beckett. A question for cricket bibliophiles now might well be ‘Which Nobel Prize winner contributed an essay to an Australian cricket book?’ Answer: J.M. Coetzee.
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