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Sports Writing

News and features from the world of books. In a special edition, Mariella Frostrup stands on the touchline to celebrate the very best writing about sport.

A special edition of Open Book about sports writing. Mariella Frostrup is joined by novelist Philip Kerr, who has just written a murder mystery set in fictional premiership football club; by former England rugby player Brian Moore whose second book is a hair-raising account of life on rugby tour and by critics John Gaustad and Professor Diane Roberts who chose their favourite sports books.

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Thu 30 Oct 2014 15:30

BOOKLIST

January Window by Philip Kerr – Publisher: Head of Zeus
A Man Without Breath: A Bernie Gunther Novel (Bernie Gunther Mystery 9) by Philip Kerr – Publisher: Quercus
What Goes on Tour, Stays on Tour by Brian Moore - Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Beware of the Dog: Rugby’s Hard Man Reveals All by Brian Moore – Publisher: Simon & Schuster
End Zone by Don Delillo - Publisher: Picador
Underworld by Don Delillo - Publisher: Picador
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H G Bissinger – Publisher: Yellow Jersey
Netherland by Joseph O’Neil – Publisher: Harper Perennial
The Game by Ken Dryden – Publisher: Triumph Books
The Art of Fielding  by Chad Harbach – Publisher: Fourth Estate
Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon by Elizabeth Wilson – Publisher: Serpent's Tail
The Bogeyman by George Plimpton – Publisher: Harper and Row 

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest Philip Kerr
Interviewed Guest Brian Moore
Interviewed Guest John Gaustad
Interviewed Guest Diane Roberts
Producer Nicola Holloway

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Oct 2014 16:00
  • Thu 30 Oct 2014 15:30

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