Trescothick makes William Hill shortlist
30.10.08 | Katie Allen
Cricketer Marcus Trescothick has made the shortlist for this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, with his Coming Back To Me: The Autobiography (Harper).
The other titles are: John Carlin's Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela And The Game That Made A Nation (Atlantic); Janie Hampton's The Austerity Olympics: When the Games Came To London in 1948 (Aurum); Rowan Simons' Bamboo Goalposts: One Man's Quest to Teach The People's Republic of China To Love Football (Macmillan); Jeremy Whittle's Bad Blood: The Secret Life Of The Tour de France (Yellow Jersey); and Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid: A History Of Football Tactics (Orion).
The annual award, which is now in its 20th year, is worth £20,000 and a free £2,000 bet to the winner. The winner will be announced on 24th November.
"This list reflects the great range and diversity of modern sports writing, and demonstrates that sports books are just as capable of tackling life's big themes as any other literary genre" said Joe Browes, Waterstone's sports buyer
