{"product_id":"9780349148663","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW The Man Who Walked Out of the Sun : A Lifetime of Summers with Garry Sobers by Duncan Hamilton","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 02\/07\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA biography of Garry Sobers, who turns 90 in 2026 and personifies the greatest of West Indian cricket\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of the 1960s, Garry Sobers became the highest profile beneficiary of English cricket's decision to rid itself of the qualification rule about hiring overseas glamour.  He picked Nottinghamshire, a side mediocre for so long that it was stranded on the margins of the Championship. In that first memorable summer Sobers so successfully sparked the revival of a moribund club that it acquired the sobriquet 'Sobers-shire'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuncan Hamilton fell in love with cricket because he first fell in love with Sobers. He counts himself as 'blessed' to have lived only a shilling bus ride from Trent Bridge during the years Sobers played there. \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Walked Out of the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eis both Hamilton's remembrance of those times and a study of Sobers' career, tracking the rise and dominance of the world's first 'jet age' cricketer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe barest of Sobers' statistics prove that every superlative ever used about his brilliance is justified, but Hamilton considers them less important than the sense of wonder he inspired, the emotion he stirred, the \u003ci\u003eelan\u003c\/i\u003e with which he played, the abundant beauty in almost everything he did.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367982051701,"sku":"9780349148663","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349148663.jpg?v=1774538526","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780349148663","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}