Geoff Boycott

<p>Few modern British sportsmen have fascinated the public more than Geoff Boycott. In this first comprehensive and balanced account of Boycott's life - fully updated to include his battle against cancer - award-winning author Leo McKinstry lifts the lid on one of cricket's great enigmatic characters.</p><p>A record-breaking Test cricketer and acerbic commentator Geoff Boycott has never been far away from controversy during his long career in the game.</p><p>Based on meticulous research and interviews with a host of players Test captains officials broadcasters friends and enemies this definitive biography cuts through the Boycott myth to expose the truth about this charismatic single-minded and often exasperating personality.</p><p>What was Boycott like as a schoolboy? How did his England cricket colleagues such as Graham Gooch Dennis Amiss and Brian Close feel about him as a person? Why was he so unpopular in his early career for Yorkshire? And what is the real truth about the relationships that soured his private world?</p><p>From his upbringing as a miner's son in a Yorkshire village through highlights like his hundredth century at Headingley against Australia to the low points such as the damaging court case in France this warts-and-all account of his life makes for captivating reading.</p>