Far and away the funniest and most revealing book about football ever written

Well worth getting your hands on . . . a cracking read (*****)

Hugely entertaining . . . Eyre's story is a triumph of resilience, told with humour

Suffused with a love of football that no amount of rejections, disappointments and defeats can destroy

This is a very funny book

Full of compelling anecdotes and perceptive analysis, and I would heartily recommend it even if it didn't also include a few excerpts from my own encounters with notable characters from the world of spin.

Get hold of a copy of Amol Rajan's Twirlymen...This is a forensic and often lyrical examination of the history of spin

In Amol Rajan the twirlers have found a historian worthy of their deceptive art...a brilliant, revisionist book...which should be compulsory reading for anyone who claims to love the game even half as much as the author evidently does.

An eloquent, page-turning series of biographies about cricket's finest spin bowlers.'

Amol Rajan provides a natty introduction to the spin bowler.

A charming history of spin-bowling

Twirlymen is a splendid romp through the history of spin bowling. A delight from start to finish, it's a book I dearly wish I'd written myself.

A fine book

Entertaining and informative

This seductive book will engage those who don’t know a googly from a doosra and enlighten those who do