Author(s): HAMILTON, DUNCAN

Sport

Combining reportage, anecdote, biography, history and personal recollection, The Last Summer is an honest and passionate reflection on cricket's past, present and future. A memorable and acutely observed portrait of one summer of cricket from an award-winning sports writer who has watched - and loved - cricket since he was a boy. Duncan Hamilton's biography of Harold Larwood was awarded the Wisden Book of the Year 2009, the Sydney Morning Herald Sport & Style Best Sports Book of the Year and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2009.