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SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023—SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR
Bloomsbury presents Square Peg, Round Ball by Ned Boulting, read by Ned Boulting.
Square Peg, Round Ball is a candid, insightful reminiscence on a life in football.
From time to time, as I lurched from training ground to player's tunnel, I'd be glared at by Alex Ferguson, clapped on the back by Arsène Wenger, taken out the back by Alan Pardew or banned by José Mourinho. In the time it took for the Golden Generation to come of age, dominate, disappoint and retire, I fell in—and ultimately out—of love with the game, as I was granted a uniquely privileged insight into the backstage comings and goings of the professional football circus.
Although best known as ITV's commentator on the Tour de France, Ned Boulting has spent most of his professional life covering football.
Follow Ned's journey from football supporter to reporter—from criss-crossing the country in a banger of a car hoping for a word or two from the latest big signing, to the glamour of the Champions League. Ned really has been there, done that and got the Sky Sports jacket to prove it.
Witnessing the shenanigans, the machinations and the idiocy of football at close quarters, Ned shares his best stories with affection. Whether it's treading mud into Steven Gerrard's pristine white carpets, or nearly being pushed into oncoming traffic by a menacing Vinnie Jones, or being chased away from Roman Abramovich's house by some scary looking men on quadbikes—Ned has made a fool of himself to bring us the best tales from his experiences in '90s and 2000s football.
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"A bouncy, amusing and honest reminiscence. This is Ned in a nutshell." (Jim Beglin, BT Sport co-commentator and former Irish professional footballer)
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Sir Tony Robinson is a much-loved actor, presenter and author with a stellar career lasting over 50 years. Now, in his long-awaited autobiography, he reveals how the boy from South Woodford went from child stardom in the first stage production of Oliver!, a pint-size pickpocket desperately bleaching his incipient moustache, to comedy icon Baldrick, the loyal servant and turnip aficionado in Blackadder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great audible book as read by Sir Tony Robinson
- De Michael Thomas Fortson en 04-15-21
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A Life Too Short
- The Tragedy of Robert Enke
- De: Ronald Reng
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 13 h y 24 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Why does an international footballer with the World at his feet decide to take his own life? On November 10, 2009, the German national goalkeeper Robert Enke stepped in front of a passing train. He was 32 years old. Viewed from the outside, Enke had it all. Here was a professional goalkeeper who had played for a string of Europe's top clubs, including Jose Mourinho's Benfica and Louis Van Gaal's Barcelona. Enke was destined to be his country's first choice for years. But beneath the veneer of success lay a darker story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Depression is real, this story brings it home.
- De Bob Seavers en 12-13-19
De: Ronald Reng
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The World Is a Ball
- The Joy, Madness, and Meaning of Soccer
- De: John Doyle
- Narrado por: Chris Kayser
- Duración: 14 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
For the past 10 years, leading Canadian journalist and cultural critic John Doyle has been traveling the globe to observe World Cup and other soccer matches played at the highest level. The result is a Bill Bryson-esque narrative full of wit and insight, concluding with the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In between his encounters with the delirious fans, the crazed taxi drivers, the leprechauns and the lederhosen, Doyle examines the evolution of soccer as a global phenomenon.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mostly very enjoyable BUT....
- De KLam en 05-21-14
De: John Doyle
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The Great Nowitzki
- Basketball and the Meaning of Life
- De: Thomas Pletzinger, Shane Anderson - translator
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 31
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The seven-foot Dirk Nowitzki is one of the great players in basketball history. With a devastating fadeaway and unexpected agility, the Dallas Mavericks superstar helped to pioneer the modern three-shooting game and became a global ambassador for the sport. Award-winning novelist and sportswriter Thomas Pletzinger traveled with Nowitzki for more than seven years, seeking the secret of his success and longevity. In novelistic detail, Pletzinger tells the dramatic story of how a lanky kid from the German suburbs became a top-five all-time scorer and NBA champion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Swish
- De Raquel en 04-20-23
De: Thomas Pletzinger, y otros
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How Did All This Happen?
- De: John Bishop
- Narrado por: John Bishop
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 38
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If you're a man of a certain age you'll know there comes a point in life when getting a sports car and over-analysing your contribution to society sounds like a really good idea. With a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house in Manchester that he shared with his wife and kids, John Bishop was no different when he turned the dreaded 4-0. But instead of spanking a load of cash on a car that would have made him look like a senior stylist at Vidal Sassoon, he stumbled onto a pathway that ultimately lead him to become one of the nation's best loved comedians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming and Funny
- De Nancy Burnett en 12-01-22
De: John Bishop
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The Football Ramble
- De: Marcus Speller, Pete Donaldson, Luke Aaron Moore, y otros
- Narrado por: Marcus Speller, Pete Donaldson, Luke Aaron Moore, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
Downloaded over 10 million times a year, The Football Ramble podcast has established itself as the essential independent voice of football punditry. The weekly podcast has resonated with supporters around the world, and their sold-out live shows have been a massive hit with supporters. This audiobook is a collaboration by all four presenters and tackles the real issues from fans you won't see or hear on Sky Sports - or anywhere else, for that matter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Performance
- De Amazon Customer en 11-15-16
De: Marcus Speller, y otros
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Bloody Confused!
- A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer
- De: Chuck Culpepper
- Narrado por: Alex Hyde-White
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 41
After covering the American sports scene for 15 years, Chuck Culpepper suffered from a profound case of Common Sportswriter Malaise. He was fed up with self-righteous proclamations, steroid scandals, and the deluge of in-your-face PR that saturated the NFL, the NBA, and MLB. Then in 2006, he moved to London and discovered a new and baffling world - the renowned Premiership soccer league. Culpepper pledged his loyalty to Portsmouth, a gutsy, small-market team at the bottom of the standings. As he puts it, “It was like childhood, with beer.”
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not for americans
- De Bernie Sepponan en 09-12-14
De: Chuck Culpepper
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Transmission
- De: Hari Kunzru
- Narrado por: Hari Kunzru
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
Transmission, Hari Kunzru's new novel of love and lunacy, immigration and immunity, introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly Enjoyable
- De Don en 07-11-04
De: Hari Kunzru
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An American Caddie in St. Andrews
- Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course
- De: Oliver Horovitz
- Narrado por: Oliver Horovitz
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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In the middle of Oliver Horovitz's high school graduation ceremony, his cell phone rang: It was Harvard. He'd been accepted, but he couldn't start for another year. A caddie since he was 12 and a golfer sporting a 1.8 handicap, Ollie decided to spend his gap year in St. Andrews, Scotland - a town with the UK's highest number of pubs per capita, and home to the Old Course, golf's most famous 18 holes - where he enrolls in the St. Andrews Links Trust caddie trainee program.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous read
- De David en 06-02-16
De: Oliver Horovitz
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I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
- De: Alan Partridge
- Narrado por: Alan Partridge
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 736
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Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder – Alan Partridge – a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan’s never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and access to a private stream. But who is this mysterious enigma? Alan Gordon Partridge is the best – and best-loved – radio presenter in the region. Born into a changing world of rationing, Teddy Boys, apes in space and the launch of ITV, Alan’s broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Anglican giant among pygmies
- De John en 06-20-12
De: Alan Partridge
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Spain
- The Inside Story of La Roja's Historic Treble
- De: Graham Hunter
- Narrado por: Graham Hunter
- Duración: 16 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 21
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This is the story of the greatest achievement in the history of international football. After decades of failure, Spain won the European Championship in 2008 and then the World Cup in 2010. At Euro 2012 they became the first team to win three consecutive tournament titles. Graham Hunter was inside the dressing room as the players celebrated after the finals of the World Cup and Euro 2012.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insider look masterclass
- De Peter en 08-07-15
De: Graham Hunter
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Size Matters Not
- The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis
- De: Warwick Davis
- Narrado por: Gideon Emery
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 443
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 410
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You may not recognize my name-or my face for that matter-but it's very likely you've seen me at work. I've managed to cram quite a bit into my thirty-year acting career. In fact I've helped put more bums on cinema seats than Will Smith or Tom Hanks. Who else can say that they've helped destroy a Death Star? Defeated an evil sorceress? Taught magic to Harry Potter? Become a Jedi Master? Reluctantly hitchhiked across the galaxy in search of the answer to the Ultimate Question?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sincere and heart-warming
- De Alice en 10-04-15
De: Warwick Davis
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Men in Blazers Present Encyclopedia Blazertannica
- A Suboptimal Guide to Soccer, America's "Sport of the Future" Since 1972
- De: Michael Davies, Roger Bennett
- Narrado por: Roger Bennett, Michael Davies
- Duración: 3 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 135
Soccer has been America's Sport of the Future since 1972. The Men in Blazers are two English-born, soccer-obsessed broadcasters who have savored the dizzying growth of the game along with millions of Americans, as if it was a rollicking, sporting telenovela playing out in real life. Written in such a way that fully immerses Americans in the history and culture of the world's game, their Encyclopedia Blazertannica relives the careers of such greats such as George Best, Maradona, Beckham...and Alexi Lalas.
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1 out of 5 stars
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complete horsecrap
- De Jordan en 06-07-18
De: Michael Davies, y otros
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The Mechanic
- The Secret World of the F1 Pitlane
- De: Marc 'Elvis' Priestley
- Narrado por: Marc 'Elvis' Priestley
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 462
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 411
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Mechanic written and read by Marc 'Elvis' Priestley. In the high-octane atmosphere of the Formula One pit lane, the spotlight is most often on the superstar drivers. And yet, without the technical knowledge, competitive determination and outright obsession from his garage of mechanics, no driver could possibly hope to claim a spot on the podium.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight.
- De Justin en 01-25-19
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Calling the Shots
- How to Win in Football and Life
- De: David Dein
- Narrado por: Arsène Wenger, David Dein
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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There's no doubt that Dein has been one of the most significant and influential figures in British football for over three decades—operating at club and international level. He was a prime mover in the creation of the Premier League, hugely influential within the England set-up and, of course, was the mastermind—along with Arsène Wenger—in creating the glory days of Arsenal Football Club, leading the team for almost a quarter of a century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Modern Day Herbert Chapman
- De Will en 02-10-23
De: David Dein
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What Fresh Lunacy Is This?
- The Authorised Biography of Oliver Reed
- De: Robert Sellers
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett
- Duración: 17 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Oliver Reed may not have been Britain's biggest film star - for a period in the early 70s he came within a hairsbreadth of replacing Sean Connery as James Bond - but he is an august member of that small band of people, like George Best and Eric Morecambe, who transcended their chosen medium, became too big for it even, and grew into cultural icons. For the first time Reed's close family has agreed to collaborate on a project about the man himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ollie!
- De GK en 12-28-14
De: Robert Sellers
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Rome 1960
- The Olympics that Changed the World
- De: David Maraniss
- Narrado por: David Maraniss
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
The athletes competing in the 1960 Rome Olympics included some of the most honored in Olympic history: decathlete Rafer Johnson, sprinter Wilma Rudolph, Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, and Louisville boxer Cassius Clay, who at 18 seized the world stage for the first time, four years before he became Muhammad Ali.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Book
- De Jay en 07-30-08
De: David Maraniss
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My Story
- De: Steven Gerrard
- Narrado por: Michael Ryan
- Duración: 13 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 212
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of My Story by Steven Gerrard, read Michael Ryan. Steven Gerrard is the former captain of Liverpool football team and of the England national football team and is the only player ever to have scored in a FA cup final, a league cup final, a UEFA cup final and a champion's league final. His entire career, since 1998, has been spent at Anfield with Liverpool.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ohhhh, ya beautyyy!!
- De Gabriel en 09-29-15
De: Steven Gerrard
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Square Peg, Round Ball
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Gordon Peake
- 07-11-22
Very entertaining & often poignant
Feels like an endless series of anecdotes, almost all of which land. Poignant in many parts. Honest & vivid
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