It has been said that: "French and Spanish Cricket is what Graham Greene used to call 'an entertainment'. Not pretending to be a literary work it is unlikely to change the face of the cultural history of our country. Hence its appeal to the ever increasing armies of cricketing fans from barmy to smarmy. It is a humorous autobiographically directed reflection on a trip to Spain through France that coincided with the England v South Africa Cricket Test Series in 2003. Like many of the more quirky cricket commentators who have ...
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It has been said that: "French and Spanish Cricket is what Graham Greene used to call 'an entertainment'. Not pretending to be a literary work it is unlikely to change the face of the cultural history of our country. Hence its appeal to the ever increasing armies of cricketing fans from barmy to smarmy. It is a humorous autobiographically directed reflection on a trip to Spain through France that coincided with the England v South Africa Cricket Test Series in 2003. Like many of the more quirky cricket commentators who have managed to captivate both cricket lovers and non-aficionados, Michael sets out to amuse, surprise and entertain. Not confined by the airways French and Spanish Cricket delivers balls seaming with escapist pleasure leaving the reader with an irreverent and amiable gloss on the one side and a dull ache on the other. Lovingly irrelevant, Daliphiles, entomologists, Clint Eastwood devotees, blow egg buffs, phobes and filers of the National Curriculum, sun worshippers and readers will all find a page to turn over. It is certainly different. Between laughs French and Spanish Cricket has a serious side. It says that you can enjoy cricket or indeed any sport anywhere without changing into a werewolf, though you can still do this on Test Match Saturdays. It reflects Voltaire's famous saying that life is too serious a business to be taken entirely seriously." Or as Michael Kelleher would say it: "You won't get much change out of life if you spend it all on yourself. Buy the book and call me Mike."
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