- Published: 10 February 2009
- ISBN: 9780141923567
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 208
What Sport Tells Us About Life
Formats & editions
- Published: 10 February 2009
- ISBN: 9780141923567
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 208
Praise for On and Off the Field 'A small masterpiece of tensions … uncannily close to the meaning of sport' Simon Barnes, The Times 'Terrific, exactly the kind of book you want from a professional sportsman but you never get: self-analytical, wry, and honest' Nick Hornby, Believer 'The insights in his writing are acute. It's not common to have someone who writes intelligently and honestly about sport from the inside' Independent on Sunday 'Explains what it's like to play sport for a living - the joy it can bring to others and the deep soul-searching it can cause in oneself' Time Out 'Fascinating. Smith skilfully articulates what goes on in a batsman's head' Spectator