This is not the typical cricketing biography where we start with the childhood and then progress through first class debut and onto each Test series. This realisation was established by Grace’s treatment of the pros on his first trip to Australia as captain. As Tomlinson admits he came to realise, to his disappointment, that Grace was in fact a snob. Those with preconceived ideas of Grace as an overweight cheat and condescending blue blood aristocrat will quickly be disabused. While most won’t agree with all of Tomlinson’s opinions and interpretations, they certainly make the reader reconsider Grace the cricketer and the man. Just not sure if someone reading about Grace for the first time needs the reinterpretations that the author offers? But in the end you can only review a book based on what’s written on the pages and there are plenty of opinions on offer in Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace has several points of difference from previous works on Grace, which made for a real page turner. I have read so many books and other articles on the great man that I crave any new information or even known information reinterpreted. The average punter just wants to be entertained. The fact that it’s different from the norm doesn’t mean that the majority of movie goers will care about the points of difference. Birdman had a point of difference and if you watch as many movies as critics do than you must crave new techniques. ‘And the winner is Birdman’ – not a bad movie but not the best of the year, although I can see why the critics chose it as best picture of 2014. Amazing Grace Archie Mac | 8:23am BST 27 March 2016
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