{"product_id":"9781915237255","title":"Being Geoffrey Boycott","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the first lockdown came, finding himself without cricket for the first time in his   life, Geoffrey Boycott sat down and began to write a retrospective warts-and-all diary of each of his Test   match appearances. It is illuminating and unsparing, characterised by Boycott's astonishing memory,   famous forthrightness and unvarnished, sometimes lacerating, honesty. That 100,000 word document   forms the basis for Being Geoffrey Boycott, a device that takes the reader inside Geoffrey's head and back   through cricket history, presenting a unique portrait of the internal and external forces that compelled   him from a pit village in Yorkshire to the pinnacle of the world game.   Now 81 and still one of the most recognisable cricketers England has ever produced, Boycott has teamed   up with award-winning author Jon Hotten in this catalogue of his tumultuous time with the national   side. Dropped for scoring a slow double hundred, making himself unavailable to play for England for   several years, captain for eight seasons of a group of strong, stroppy and extremely talented players   at Yorkshire, bringing up his hundredth hundred at Headingley against the Old Enemy, seeing David   Gower and Ian Botham emerge as future greats, playing under Mike Brearley in the 1981 Ashes, in   this enlightening book Boycott reveals a host of never-before-heard details regarding his peers and his   playing days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FAIRFIELD BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185612914962,"sku":"9781915237255","price":27.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/3093\/4173\/files\/9781915237255.jpg?v=1774737339","url":"https:\/\/bargainbooks.com.au\/products\/9781915237255","provider":"Bargain Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}