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WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CRICKET: One man’s vain attempt to explain cricket to a teenager who couldn’t give a toss
Non-Fiction (Memoir)
Ebury Publishing - March 2009
The story of a summer when a ‘master’ cricket obsessive teaches his novice ‘pupil’ the wisdom of the game. Sandy Balfour is cast as the supposed master and his sixteen-year-old daughter’s new boyfriend – the skateboarding Boy Wonder - is the reluctant pupil. What unfolds is wonderfully observed and very funny and as much about fathers and daughters, love and life as it is about cricket.
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VULNERABLE IN HEARTS
Non-Fiction (Memoir) 224 pages
Atlantic Books - February 2005
'Lovely... original, unusual and surprisingly moving.' -- Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
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PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8)
Non-Fiction (Memoir) 198 pages
Atlantic Books - February 2003
A sparkling memoir, taking in the history and allure of crosswords, spiced with anecdote and humour.
'An extraordinary memoir...A mesh of journeys and destinations, politics and romance, it touches what is beyond words.' -- The Times
'A little gem...The book adds up to more than the sum of its parts and lingers in the memory long after the final page.' -- The Sunday Telegraph
Biography
Formerly an award-winning television producer, he is a founder and Chair of Divine Chocolate, a fair trade company.
Author of the critically acclaimed memoirs VULNERABLE IN HEARTS: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Contract Bridge (UK: Atlantic, US: FSG, Canada: McArthur & Co, and 4 other countries) and PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8): A Memoir of Love, Exile and Crosswords (UK: Atlantic, US: Tarcher, Canada: McArthur & Co.). Also author of NURSING AMERICA (US: Tarcher, 2004) and I SAY NOTHING (3) (UK: Atlantic 2006), based on his X-Philes columns for The Guardian.
Now writing A CLUE TO OUR LIVES: A History of the Guardian Crossword.
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