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Geoff Boycott, a cricketing hero, Leo MC Kinstry

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Geoff Boycott

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Leo MC Kinstry

a cricketing hero

Few modern British sportsmen have fascinated the public more than Geoff Boycott. In this first comprehensive and balanced account of Boycott's life - fully updated to include his battle against cancer - award-winning author Leo McKinstry lifts the lid on one of cricket's great enigmatic characters. A record-breaking Test cricketer and acerbic commentator, Geoff Boycott has never been far away from controversy during his long career in the game. Based on meticulous research and interviews with a host of players, Test captains, officials, broadcasters, friends and enemies, this definitive biography cuts through the Boycott myth to expose the truth about this charismatic, single-minded and often exasperating personality. What was Boycott like as a schoolboy? How did his England cricket colleagues such as Graham Gooch, Dennis Amiss and Brian Close feel about him as a person? Why was he so unpopular in his early career for Yorkshire? And what is the real truth about the relationships that soured his private world? From his upbringing as a miner's son in a Yorkshire village, through highlights like his hundredth century at Headingley against Australia, to the low points such as the damaging court case in France, this warts-and-all account of his life makes for captivating reading. - Geoff Boycott's has been a dramatic rollercoaster of a life lived in the public eye. - Fully updated edition includes his recent marriage and his battle against life-threatening cancer. - With a thrilling Ashes series in prospect for summer 2005, Boycott's outspoken views on the game and its leading characters will be highly sought after

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