Enchanting. Twirlymen is packed with anecdotes that fizz like a Murali doosra

Wonderful

Erudite... Charming and insightful... Knowledgeable, obsessed and astute

Rajan captures the distinctiveness of spin bowlers, a tribe within the wider nation of cricketers

I could not stop picking it up... A history of spin bowling, diligently researched but written with wit and, most tellingly, an obsessive's eye for detail

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