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Beyond A Boundary
Beyond A Boundary | C.L.R. James
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The_Penniless_Author
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What to make of C.L.R. James, a black, Marxist, anti-colonialist "founding father" of independent Trinidad who considers his two foundational passions to be classical English literature and cricket? This book - equal parts autobiography and examination of cricket as an art form and political driver - explains the seeming contradiction and shows that it's not really contradictory at all. A man with a fascinating, wide-ranging mind. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The_Penniless_Author I should add that as an American, I was utterly baffled by the cricket terminology and descriptions of specific matches, and it still didn't dampen my enjoyment of the book or understanding of the broader themes one bit. 2y
CarolynM I love a good cricket book 🙂 Stacked 2y
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The_Penniless_Author
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1. Beyond a Boundary (CLR James)
2. Gringos (Charles Portis)
3. Dandelion Wine (Ray Bradbury)
4. The Lady Killer (Masako Togawa)
5. A Drinking Life (Pete Hamill)

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RaeLovesToRead Oh Randy, this is gonna be a hard one to answer... thinking of books I want but don't own.... 🤔 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚❤️ 2y
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead I was thinking of that as I tagged you - must be a hard list to come up with when you already own ALL the books 😆 2y
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KarenUK
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#WanderingJune #dreadlockholiday
“I don‘t like cricket....No no.....I love it” 🎵🎵
This perfectly describes my dad, so I just sent him this book for Father‘s day!

“Part memoir of a West Indian boyhood, part passionate celebration and defence of cricket as an art form, part indictment of colonialism, ‘Beyond a Boundary‘ addresses not just a sport but a whole culture and asks the question, 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?”

CarolynM We're on the same wavelength🙂 5y
Cinfhen Such a great gift!! Score🥳 5y
BarbaraBB Lots of cricket today! I love it 🎶 5y
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