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Title: Good books. Post by: Compo on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 10:10:42 Ive just read the barry mcguigan biog, it was fantastic.
Can anyone recommend any good sporting biographies for me to read next. Thanks ..... Mark Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Bogus Dave on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 10:14:33 Provided you don't kiss me. Only book i've ever bought. decent
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Provided-You-Dont-Kiss-Me/dp/0007247109 Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 11:36:09 Try Lance Armstrong's "It Not About the Bike" - it amazing to see what he went through.
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: jutty274 on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 13:02:00 Lou Macari's is a good read also Stuart Pearce's book is quite good. But i have just got into crime thrillers and am really enjoying James Patterson & Dean Kuntz
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Batch on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 14:10:20 "Shelias, Wogs and Poofters" gets my vote for best biography title. Haven't read it, its lost somewhere in a box for a house move 5 years ago
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: nevillew on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 14:14:45 For Cricket fans, I'd recommend Richie Benaud's or Henry Blofeld's autobiographies.
I'd definitely NOT recommend Ron Atkinson, Jack Nicklaus or Matthew Pinsent's efforts - I found them tedious. Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Batch on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 14:23:49 As a non-cricket fan I quite enjoyed Penguins Stopped Play (Harry Thompson). Its not a biography as such. Its more following a cricket team around the world.
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: dannywilliamsisgod on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 14:27:23 As a non-cricket fan I quite enjoyed Penguins Stopped Play (Harry Thompson). Its not a biography as such. Its more following a cricket team around the world. I was thinking of putting that on myself.Great read, would thoroughly recommend it to anyone even if they don't like cricket.Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Batch on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 14:33:17 I was thinking of putting that on myself.Great read, would thoroughly recommend it to anyone even if they don't like cricket. Have you read either of Marcus Berkmann's books on the same team? Are they of a similar style and standard? Title: Re: Good books. Post by: dannywilliamsisgod on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 14:39:35 Have you read either of Marcus Berkmann's books on the same team? Are they of a similar style and standard? No, I haven't, might just get them from the local library(if it hasn't been closed yet!)give them a read.Title: Re: Good books. Post by: jutty274 on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 15:01:10 Away from sport i recently read the second autobiography of Chris Evans, it was really good and he didn't glide over some of the bad parts of his life or his alcoholism he goes into in detail.
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: mrverve on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 15:15:53 Reading Bret Hart's autobiography. Absolutely brilliant so far.
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: adje on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:10:00 Sacred and Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane,Into The Blue by Robert Goddard are books I've recently read and enjoyed.
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: leefer on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:23:05 Sarum..by Dennis Rutherford.....a long book but a brilliant history of the City of Salisbury,with 500 years of trades people and a fictional story that is intermingled with the building of the great Salisbury Cathedral that took hundreds of years to build.....loved it.
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: jb on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:29:06 Sarum..by Dennis Rutherford.....a long book but a brilliant history of the City of Salisbury,with 500 years of trades people and a fictional story that is intermingled with the building of the great Salisbury Cathedral that took hundreds of years to build.....loved it. That sounds like a great sporting biography :D Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Nomoreheroes on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:32:08 No, I haven't, might just get them from the local library(if it hasn't been closed yet!)give them a read. If you are reading them (Rainmen and Zimmermen) then go for 'Fatty Batter' which is of a similar ilk.Title: Re: Good books. Post by: bigbobjoylove on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:44:06 Barry Fry's one was pretty good as Was Tony Cascarino's (mostly about his time in France)
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: LucienSanchez on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:54:44 Away from sport i recently read the second autobiography of Chris Evans, it was really good and he didn't glide over some of the bad parts of his life or his alcoholism he goes into in detail. Both parts are a good read... but then i quite like Chris Evans Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Bennett on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:56:40 away from biographies entirely - child 44 is ace
i'm currently reading catch 22 and it's fucking superb Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Compo on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:58:17 Child 44 is ace...
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Frigby Daser on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 17:05:12 Bounce by Matthew Syed is fascinating.
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Bennett on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 17:16:58 Child 44 is ace... i know, i said so just beforeTitle: Re: Good books. Post by: donkey on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 19:15:38 Sarum..by Dennis Rutherford.....a long book but a brilliant history of the City of Salisbury,with 500 years of trades people and a fictional story that is intermingled with the building of the great Salisbury Cathedral that took hundreds of years to build.....loved it. You may like Pillars of the Earth and World Without End both by Ken Follett, both set in a similar periord (both novels). I thought they were really good. If you like Child 44 don't forget The Secret Speech by the same author. You could try to Glassroom by Simon Mawer using a house to tell the sotry of the major events of the 1930s and 40s, too. All excellent. Title: Re: Good books. Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 19:44:44 Sarum..by Dennis Rutherford.....a long book but a brilliant history of the City of Salisbury,with 500 years of trades people and a fictional story that is intermingled with the building of the great Salisbury Cathedral that took hundreds of years to build.....loved it. Ahem...[pedant]Edward Rutherfurd actually[/pedant]....it is very good though. If you like that you will also like London. My favourite of his is New York though (his most recent book). Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Compo on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 22:50:10 Bennett... u tried the secret speech yet?
Title: Re: Good books. Post by: Bennett on Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 06:09:40 i have the secret speech lined up, once i finish catch 22 i'll be straight onto it
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