{"title":"Christian Ryan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Ryan\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts engaging stories that capture the spirit and drama of sports. His writing delves into the passion, challenges, and triumphs experienced by athletes, offering readers a vivid glimpse into the world of competitive sports.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on authenticity and character-driven narratives, Ryan's work appeals to both sports enthusiasts and fans of well-told, heartfelt tales. Expect compelling, energetic storytelling that celebrates resilience and ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eleven-by-christian-ryan-9781743311370","title":"Eleven","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGroundbreaking, brilliant and unforgettable. Christian has aimed to create a certain kind of work of art and he has pulled it off. It is one of those books that will give more and more to the reader each time they go back into it.\u003c\/strong\u003e - Malcolm Knox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWatk. Raja. Jane (i). Shirvan.\u003c\/em\u003e Cricket - the way it brings emotion and life and pain and memory and regret all hauntingly and combustively to light. \u003cem\u003eJohn. Jane (iii).\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eShivalkar.\u003c\/em\u003e Men and women whose destinies don't make sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAsk, was there a minute when the decline of West Indies cricket didn't have to turn out that way? What can be gained poring over the crooked lines of lives forged by, or infiltrated by, cricket?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHold fast to dreams that stay vivid by disappearing: on Newcastle's streets, Darwin's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book moves like no other with humour and verve and tragedy. \u003cem\u003eFrank. RR. Vowles. Carmino.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterful, poetic book that connects cricketers to each other and the reader to the soul of the game. Ryan is a sportswriting genius, the best we have.\u003c\/strong\u003e - Tony Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn interesting and different way of portraying a story . . . Delves into the human aspect and not just the usual cricket numbers.\u003c\/strong\u003e - Michael Holding\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Christian Ryan:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn one level, this is an incredibly accomplished biography of irreconcilable personality clashes, the sad tale of opportunities missed and promise unfulfilled. It is also the best cricket book in recent years not written by someone called Gideon Haigh. - \u003cem\u003eSun Herald\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThoroughly researched and eminently readable - \u003cem\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf this were not a sports book, Ryan's biography of Kim Hughes, a triumph of writing and research, would be recognised as a masterpiece of recent Australian non-fiction. - Malcolm Knox on \u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRyan's unauthorised biography details the rise and fall of Hughes in compelling fashion. - \u003cem\u003eAdelaide Advertiser\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis brilliant book has been acclaimed as a masterpiece-one of the best ever written about Australian cricket-in every review I have seen published, and deservedly so. - \u003cem\u003eHerald Sun\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hughes era is beautifully covered by Christian Ryan's new book \u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e. It is an epic piece ... Ryan's book is one of the best ever written about Australian cricket. - \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is an insightful and somewhat controversial examination of Australia's cricketing history ... a must-read for the serious cricket fan. - \u003cem\u003eBookseller+Publisher\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eGolden Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat this compilation of essays captures, quite superbly, is not simply the achievements of Australian cricket but the way our culture has been infused with its spirit, often as not providing the focus, the metaphor, through which we define ourselves. 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The ache is that cricket is dangerously close to becoming more real in distant memory than in the present. - Malcolm Knox, \u003cem\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eFeeling Is the Thing That Happens in 1000th of a Second\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFree-thinking, idiosyncratic, slightly off-the-wall and quite brilliant meditation on Eagar, photography, 1975 and a changing world. - Tanya Aldred, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eFeeling Is the Thing That Happens in 1000th of a Second\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFascinating study of Eagar's art before the internet. - Mike Atherton, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eFeeling Is the Thing That Happens in 1000th of a Second\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe photos are spectacular. Ryan's words elevate them. 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