The worst cricket book I’ve never read
I have a pretty unsophisticated library method. I just grab anything interesting I see on the “librarian’s choice” display. Three weeks ago I picked up Dada & Surrealism for Beginners, The Seven Basic Plots, Bombay Mix: Street Photographs and Why Don’t Spiders Stick to Their Webs?. I also saw Out of the Park: The Craig McMillan story and thought I’d give it a go. Craig McMillan is a bit of a mystery – wouldn’t you like to know why he was so unpredictable? What was with the form roller coaster? What ever happened to his Carnivore franchise?
The book is due back on Saturday and all I have managed to read is the first page of the introduction.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I am mystified, which book are you alluding to as the worst book?
July 10th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I am mystified, which book are you alluding to as the worst book?
Out of the Park: The Craig McMillan Story. The other books I mentioned aren’t about cricket (though that might qualify them as being bad cricket books).
July 10th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Thanks for the clarification.
Yep the other books are bad as they are not about cricket.:)
July 11th, 2009 at 3:48 am
I agree to all your points but above all I cant stop my self from appreciating the title of the blog .. the worst… I never .. what a thought .
July 15th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
It is a bloody good read – the attempts to impose stupid rules and the sulkiness of John Bracewell are highlights.
July 19th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
It is a bloody good read – the attempts to impose stupid rules and the sulkiness of John Bracewell are highlights.
I actually did read a couple of chapters before taking it back to the library. It was pretty interesting reading the little bit that was in there about Macca’s diabetes. And I’m sure there’s other interesting stuff in there. I may have another go at it if I find it on the library display again. But the writing is so uninspiring. And the interspersed quotes/platitudes add nothing. Craig is one of NZ cricket’s few characters so it’s really disappointing something better wasn’t made of his biography.