Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A Cricket Odyssey Through Latin America

by James Coyne and Timothy Abraham

Book Overview

'A highly entertaining read, deftly melding social history with sporting memoir and travelogue' Mail on Sunday

A history of Latin America through cricket

Cricket was the first sport played in almost every country of the Americas - earlier than football, rugby or baseball. In 1877, when England and Australia played the inaugural Test match at the MCG, Uruguay and Argentina were already ten years into their derby...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472132513
• ISBN13: 9781472132512
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Constable & Robinson
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.7"