![]() ![]() Many have pondered on what that question meant, and what could be its potential answers. The book asks the question, “ What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” That question has acquired a legendary status since James’ first posed it, and has the same kind of significance that Camus question in the first passage of ‘ The Myth of Sisyphus‘ has. He also looks at West Indian society and culture through a cricketing lens. In the book, James talks about his own life and how he started playing cricket, and then covers West Indian cricket history from the beginning of the 20th century till around the 1960s. ![]() ![]() This style of writing was unusual when the book first came out and so it was unique and the book broke new ground. ‘ Beyond a Boundary‘ is a book which is a memoir, a social history and a sporting history, all rolled into one. Today, it is about C.L.R.James‘ classic ‘ Beyond a Boundary‘. February is ‘ Black History Month‘ and I thought that as part of the celebrations, I’ll write about some of my favourite books, writers and people. ![]()
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