{"product_id":"9781925626261","title":"Mystery Spinner: Text Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘[An] unconventional journey…brilliantly documented.’ \u003ci\u003eCourier Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘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.’ \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMystery Spinner\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGideon Haigh\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eOn Warne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCertain Admissions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStroke of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘One of the best cricket biographies I have ever read.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWisden Cricket Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Even if you don’t care for the game you might enjoy it…Not your standard sporting biography.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A delight, a gripping (no pun intended) read, and an object lesson to anyone tempted to try their hand at biography.’ \u003cb\u003eESPN cricinfo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Magnificent.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138648916208,"sku":"9781925626261","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925626261_p0.jpg?v=1763634758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925626261","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}