Book Review
Book Review: Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Published by Penguin as a Penguin Modern Classic
2012, £8.99
ISBN: 9780141391816
It’s a Friday night at the New Theatre in Oxford, and an appreciative round of applause ends Fever Pitch the play, a 90 minute soliloquy performed admirably by James Kermack. The production is an easy watch – the one-man format is faithful to the original book but somehow lacks ambition – and the …
Book Review: The Chairman’s Daughter
The Chairman’s Daughter
by Ian Plenderleith
2012, £3.09
ASIN: B008K25IWA
There are many good football books, but few good football novels. While baseball in particular has featured heavily in the world of American Letters, the national game in England and Scotland has been provided with little literary lore.
From the 1950s through to the 70s, authors such as Robin Jenkins and J. L. Carr produced books such as The …
Book Review: Orientation
Orientation by Adam Michie
Published by Chequered Flag Publishing
2012, £11.99
ISBN: 978-0-9569460-1-0
Our second book review of the week see Leyton Orient supporter Chris Roberts, a recent contributor to our Great Teams series, run the rule over Adam Michie’s Orientation. Adam can be followed on Twitter at @flicksandtricks
Adam Michie describes himself as a Tottenham Hotspur fan who has found room in his heart for Leyton Orient. …
Book Review: I am the Secret Footballer
I am the Secret Footballer
Published by Guardian Books
July 2012, £7.99
ISBN: 9780852653081
The Guardian’s decision to gather together their Secret Footballer columns into this new book appears to have been handsomely vindicated on first glance; sitting as the volume does atop their online bookshop chart as well as prominently on the shelves of Britain’s retailers. Serialization never hurt Charles Dickens’ chances and it will be comforting to the …
Book Review: The Man with Maradona’s Shirt
The Man with Maradona’s Shirt by Steve Hodge
Published by Orion
2012, £9.99
ISBN: 9781409117353
Steve Hodge won eight England Under-21 caps, 24 full England caps and the final Division One Championship with Leeds United in 1992. He enjoyed success with Nottingham Forest, his hometown team, to a level that some of the biggest clubs in England would happily take today.
So it’s unfortunate that he seems somewhat preoccupied about …