Robert Winder: Half-Time [2015] hardback Condition:New Letters to Gil is Malik

Letters to Gil is Malik Al Nasir's profound coming of age memoir - the story of surviving physical and racial abuse and discovering a new sense of self-worth under the wing of the great artist

this book is like a riveting episode of Law & Order: SVU set at a Manhattan prep school with the U

From the author of Moxie

this is an ideal book for university students

powerful and persuasive way of understanding wealth and poverty

Robert Winder: Half-Time [2015] hardback Condition:New Letters to Gil is MalikSet against the backdrop of depression era politics, 1934 was an annus mirabilis for English sport. Within just a few days of each other, Hedley Verity, Henry Cotton and Fred Perry all triumphed in their field. To a sporting audience still groaning through the quagmire left by the Great Depression, greedy for inspiring distractions, these heroic efforts made for a heady spectacle. England's Ashes Test victory at Lord's (later known as Verity's match)