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Imran Khan (2009)

by Christopher Sandford(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

000726285X (ISBN13: 9780007262854)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperCollins UK

review 1: I always have been fascinated by the world of Imran Khan. Therefore when I fell upon this book while browsing through a bookshop, I had to own it and read it, in the due process.It gave me an insight into his childhood days. His cousin whose word,Imran Khan trusted like anything. Then his mother was not interested in sending him abroad, but he went there like his cousins. At first it took him time to adjust but then soon he became a "Rockstar". In short a rage among young white British girls (something many in sub-continent still try to do).His run-ins with Pakistan Cricket Board, the whole Regionalism and then Javed Minadad. The fact that he was a slow bolwer in 1978 tour but he worked on his action and became lethal by 1980.Later as his pace went down in late 1980s, his... more batting improved. Most importantly his dislike for the second wave Militant-feminist ( I really liked it there). The book also gives an account where Imran Khan's mother wanted him to get married to Benazir Bhutto (Imran has refuted it) though one wonders what it would have been like.The biography give a good insight into the "rockstar" of South Asian cricketing society. II certainly enjoyed reading it.
review 2: Christopher Sandford hardly left any aspect of his subject's life unattended. "Imran Khan" provides a deep look into the personal and political life of Pakistan Cricket team's former captain. It is not a biography. It is more than that. It is a book about Pakistan, its politics, culture, and society. It tells the story of Imran Khan: greatest Pakistani sportsman of all ages, a great philanthropist, a politician, and a man with tremendous appeal for the opposite sex. A nice book to read and enjoy. less

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