Title: Brian Lara /
Authors: Fuller, James,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Lara, Brian,; Cricket players West Indies Biography.
Abstract: The most thrilling and controversial cricketer of his generation, Brian Lara is a hero to millions worldwide. A naturally attacking style and limitless scoring arc, allied to phenomenal mental and physical stamina, proved a recipe for some of the biggest and most-compelling innings in cricket history. This new biography charts the influences that shaped Lara as a child batting prodigy, through an astonishing and turbulent career and onto his post-cricket life as businessman, benefactor and national icon. Through in-depth interviews with former international players, coaches, teachers, neighbours, friends and family members, new light is shed on this brilliant but complex man; a true Caribbean hero who still has many chapters to write.
Contents: 1.'Lara playin!' -- 2. The Cantaro kid -- 3. The perfect nursery -- 4. Fatima, Carew and Sobers -- 5. Destiny delayed -- 6. Arriving in style -- 7. Seizing Sobers's crown -- 8. Annus mirabilis -- 9. Lara in popular culture -- 10. Back down to earth -- 11. Captain of club and country -- 12. Taming McGrath and Muralitharan -- 13. Cementing greatness -- 14. World Cup and retirement -- 15. Themes and reflections: the man beside the name -- 16. Life after cricket -- 17. Conclusion.