'The great triumph of Beyond a Boundary is its ability to rise above genre and in its very form explore the complex nature of colonial West Indian society.

first and foremost an autobiography of a living legend-probably the greatest social theorist of our times.'- Manning Marable, Journal of Sport & Social Issues Thompson, author of The Making of the English Working Class Theres been no new equipment to revolutionise the game, no huge influxes of obscene money (until this year) Bradman would have scored runs by the hatful today, and Warne would have taken wickets by the bucketload then. He conveys not a rigid doctrine but a delight and curiosity in all the manifestations of life, and the clue to everything lies in his proper appreciation of the game of cricket.'- E. Cricket books seem to work better than many other sport books because the game has only just started to change. 'Everything James has done has had the mark of originality, of his own flexible, sensitive, and deeply cultured intelligence. ' Beyond a Boundary is a book of remarkable richness and force, which vastly expands our understanding of sports as an element of popular culture in the Western and colonial world.'- Mark Naison, The Nation 'A work of double reverence-for the resilient, elegant ritualism of cricket and for the black people of the world.'- Whitney Balliett, The New Yorker In] his scintillating memoir of his life in cricket, Beyond a Boundary (1963), James devoted some of his finest pages to this theme.'- Edward Said, The Washington Post

'As a player, James the writer was able to see in cricket a metaphor for art and politics, the collective experience providing a focus for group effort and individual performance. Englands Melanie Lucas is regarded as the outstanding batting talent of her generation. Liebling, and Ernest Hemingway.'- Derek Walcott, The New York Times Book Review Ferguson 0.00 0 ratings0 reviews With the popularity of womens cricket on the rise, the leading players are on a mission to prove they can be the equal of their male counterparts. should find its place on the team with Izaak Walton, Ivan Turgenev, A. Named one of the Top 50 Sports Books of All Time by Sports Illustrated James's classic Beyond a Boundary celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of one of the greatest books on sport and culture ever written.

Beyond the boundary cricket book