Test: A Novel

The Test is a novel that captures the feel and flavor of professional sport from the inside, following stand-in England captain James McCall as he tries to get his team across the finish line. It is engaging, enjoyable, and probing, and is a fine addition to the thin oeuvre of modern fictional works about cricket.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Engaging and enjoyable, this novel is as probing and as penetrative as a Jimmy Anderson opening spell. It is no ordinary novel by no ordinary novelist. The Sunday Times praised it as a fine addition to the painfully thin oeuvre of modern fictional works about cricket, while Mike Atherton, The Times, called it outstanding. If all you know is cricket, then cricket will break you. However, if you are willing to step outside of your comfort zone and explore the world of cricket, then this novel is for you. It is the final Test match of The Ashes. A nation expects, and the rest of the cricketing world is watching. Fast-paced, humorous, and candid, The Test follows the battles on and off the field as stand-in England captain, James McCall, tries to get his exhausted team across the finish line. Along the way, his story becomes one of fatherhood, friendship, and trusting yourself when no one else will. Nathan Leamon's love letter to Test cricket is that rare thing: a novel that captures the feel and flavour of professional sport from the inside - the good, the bad, and the simply surreal. Not since J. L. Carr's classic A Season in Sinji has there been a novel that quite captures the spirit of the game. Included in Wisden Cricket Monthly's Finest Cricket Books Ever Written.

Weight: 218g
Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472129536