
'Surely the funniest book ever written about the English addiction to cricket. Gloriously funny and life-affirming' * Daily Telegraph * Penguins Stopped Play by Harry Thompson - 9780719563461 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience.


Read more Print length 320 pages Language English Publisher John Murray Publication date ApDimensions 5. Penguins Stopped Play by Harry Thompson, 9780719563461, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. 'Crammed with sharp observation, comic and cruel characterisation and a great many very good jokes. Harry Thompsons hilarious book tells the story of one of those great idiotic enterprises that only an Englishman could have dreamed up, and only a bunch of Englishmen could possibly have wished to carry out. Penguins Stopped Play by Harry Thompson by Harry Thompson On sale 5th April 2007 Price: 10. a maverick, pushing boundaries with outrageous jokes' * Guardian * Item 376018 Penguins stopped play : eleven village cricketers take on the World. 'A real gold standard sense of humour' * David Baddiel *

'Actually completely brilliant' * Ian Hislop * Penguins Stopped Play, a 2006 memoir by TV and radio producer Harry Thompson, is a touching testimonial to the wacky world of village cricket. StayInSta圜onnected No.4 - the return of CricketBook Club This week, the opening of the late Harry Thompson's hilarious farce of a cricket. Praise for Harry Thompson and Penguins Stopped Play: *.
