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Mystery spinner : the story of Jack Iverson by Gideon Haigh, Russell Jackson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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'[An] unconventional journey...brilliantly documented.' Courier Mail 'So you want to know something about this funny old bowling of mine. Well, there's nothing to it. It's really very simple—in fact, at times, I do not know much about it myself.' In 1950, aged in his mid-thirties, 'tall, shy, shambling' Jack Iverson burst forth from obscurity in suburban Melbourne, 'bowled like no man before' and became a national sensation, then faded from view almost as swiftly. He died in obscurity, in tragic circumstances. In the enthralling Mystery Spinner , first published in 1999, one of the world's best cricket writers goes in search of an enigma: an ordinary man in whom lurked the extraordinary. Gideon Haigh has been a journalist for three decades, writing mainly about sport and business. He is the author of more than thirty books, among them the award-winning On Warne , Certain Admissions and Stroke of Genius . He lives in Melbourne. 'One of the best cricket biographies I have ever read.' Wisden Cricket Monthly 'Even if you don't care for the game you might enjoy it...Not your standard sporting biography.' Guardian 'A delight, a gripping (no pun intended) read, and an object le
Who reads Mystery spinner : the story of Jack Iverson?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Gideon Haigh, Russell Jackson
- Publisher
- The Text Publishing Company
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781925603217
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 4.25 / 5 (42 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14