- Published: 15 July 2013
- ISBN: 9780224083256
- Imprint: Yellow Jersey
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $29.99
Twirlymen
The Unlikely History of Cricket's Greatest Spin Bowlers
- Published: 15 July 2013
- ISBN: 9780224083256
- Imprint: Yellow Jersey
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $29.99
Enchanting. Twirlymen is packed with anecdotes that fizz like a Murali doosra
Spectator
Rajan captures the distinctiveness of spin bowlers, a tribe within the wider nation of cricketers
Literary Review
I could not stop picking it up... A history of spin bowling, diligently researched but written with wit and, most tellingly, an obsessive's eye for detail
Andy Bull, Guardian
Get hold of a copy of Amol Rajan's Twirlymen...This is a forensic and often lyrical examination of the history of spin
James Lawton, Independent
Erudite... Charming and insightful... Knowledgeable, obsessed and astute
New Statesman
Entertaining and informative
Brandon Robshaw, Independent on Sunday
A charming history of spin-bowling
The Lady
Amol Rajan provides a natty introduction to the spin bowler.
i
Full of compelling anecdotes and perceptive analysis, and I would heartily recommend it even if it didn't also include a few excerpts from my own encounters with notable characters from the world of spin.
Brian Viner, Independent
Twirlymen is a splendid romp through the history of spin bowling. A delight from start to finish, it's a book I dearly wish I'd written myself.
Alex Massie, Spectator
This seductive book will engage those who don’t know a googly from a doosra and enlighten those who do
Independent
An eloquent, page-turning series of biographies about cricket's finest spin bowlers.'
Sunday Express
A fine book
William Leith, Scotsman
In Amol Rajan the twirlers have found a historian worthy of their deceptive art...a brilliant, revisionist book...which should be compulsory reading for anyone who claims to love the game even half as much as the author evidently does.
Simon Redfern, Independent
Wonderful
The Economist