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Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka from 2020-07-16T09:28:16
Shehan Karunatilaka was an advertising copywriter who gave up his job to watch cricket and hang out with drunks so that he could write his first novel. Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew tel...
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Slaying the Badger by Richard Moore from 2020-07-07T12:39
The 1986 Tour De France is arguably the greatest of its 106 editions. Not just for the racing itself but for the incredible rivalry between La Vie Clare teammates and rivals Bernard Hinault - th...
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall from 2020-06-30T10:52:09
Christopher McDougall was a freelance writer when he came across the story of a tribe of super-athletes living in Mexico’s Copper Canyons who’d been living unchanged for 400 years. From that cam...
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A Boy in the Water by Tom Gregory from 2020-06-23T13:47:51
In 1988, aged just 11 years and 330 days, Tom Gregory set off from the French coast in a bid to become the youngest person to ever swim the English Channel. Almost 12 hours later he arrived in D...
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Laughing in the Hills by Bill Barich from 2020-06-16T13:34:25
40 years ago Bill Barich was barely surviving in a rented mobile home near San Francisco: five rejected novels, no money and no job. His wife was sick, his mother and mother-in-law had died of c...
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Night Games: Sex, Power and a Journey into the Dark Heart of Sport by Anna Krien from 2020-06-09T15:45:27
In episode 7 of Sportspages, Simon Clancy is joined by Australian writer Anna Krien to talk about her 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award winner Night Games, which investigates the m...
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All Played Out by Pete Davies from 2020-06-01T21:52:29
30 years ago, Pete Davies was handed the journalistic golden ticket: full access to the England players and manager throughout the 1990 World Cup: pre-and post-match, at hotels and training camp...
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Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby from 2020-05-26T09:21:52
The Last Dance documentary about Michael Jordan has captivated people around the world during lockdown. This week's author, Roland Lazenby, lived through that era and he documented it in a 720 p...
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Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing by Donald McRae from 2020-05-19T00:57:07
Simon Clancy is joined by Guardian sportswriter and author of 12 books - including two William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award winners - Donald McRae to discuss his 1996 ode to boxing's under...
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Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour De France by Jeremy Whittle from 2020-05-11T22:01:42
In the third episode of Sportspages Simon Clancy is joined by the Guardian's Tour De France correspondent and the former editor of Pro Cycling magazine, Jeremy Whittle to discuss his 2008 book o...
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A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour by John Feinstein from 2020-04-27T17:37:21
In episode two of Sportspages, Simon Clancy speaks to the former Washington Post journalist turned author John Feinstein about his 1995 William Hill Sports Book of the Year and New York Times nu...
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A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng from 2020-04-21T08:13:47
In episode one of Sportspages, Simon Clancy talks to Ronald Reng about his international bestseller which won the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Robert Enke was the former Benfica, Barc...
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