In this classic summation of half a lifetime spent playing, watching and writing about the sport, he recounts the story of his overriding passion and tells us of the players whom he knew and loved, exploring the game's psychology and aesthetics, and the issues of class, race and politics that surround it.
Firstly, assuming you discount the broader sweep of Richard Hoggart’s Uses of Literacy (1957), it was the first book to cite sport as an important realm of historical enquiry. of cricket as an art form, part indictment of colonialism, Beyond a Boundary. It starts with a childhood image of the young James watching the local village team practise. appearance in 1963: that it is the greatest sports book ever written. All are true' Sunday TimesC L R James, one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, was devoted to the game of cricket. James Why this book Arguably the greatest sports book ever written, it would be impossible to exclude James’ classic study for many reasons. Widely regarded as one of the most important and influential sports books of all time, C. Beyond A Boundary is the story of one mans love for cricket. If you want to read a great book about something you arent interested in (in this case, if youre like me, cricket) you could do a lot worse than this book. 'To say "e the best cricket book ever written"e is piffingly inadequate praise' Guardian'Great claims have been made for since its first appearance in 1963: that it is the greatest sports book ever written that it brings the outsider a privileged insight into West Indian culture that it is a severe examination of the colonial condition.
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