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Standing in Line: A Memoir: 30 Years of Obsessive Queuing at Wimbledon
Benjamin Chatfield
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Description for Standing in Line: A Memoir: 30 Years of Obsessive Queuing at Wimbledon
Hardback.
Standing in Line is a humorous memoir, based on a variety of experiences in The Queue, one of sport's most fascinating traditions. Told through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy becoming a 39-year-old man, it is a love letter both to Wimbledon and to the wonder of British summertime. Watching the Championships is a national pastime, and this book is full of the ups and downs out on court, as well as the memorable pop-cultural moments off it. It is set against the desperate wait for a British Gentlemen's champion, viewed against the global reality show Wimbledon has become - ... Read more
Standing in Line is a humorous memoir, based on a variety of experiences in The Queue, one of sport's most fascinating traditions. Told through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy becoming a 39-year-old man, it is a love letter both to Wimbledon and to the wonder of British summertime. Watching the Championships is a national pastime, and this book is full of the ups and downs out on court, as well as the memorable pop-cultural moments off it. It is set against the desperate wait for a British Gentlemen's champion, viewed against the global reality show Wimbledon has become - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hove, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785313608
SKU
V9781785313608
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Ref
99-5
About Benjamin Chatfield
Ben Chatfield is the author of Mediterranean Homesick Blues. Ben has written for Wimbledon for seven years, as well as for the Daily Telegraph. He is a widely published commercial author working for brands such as Hermes, Apple and John Lobb, often in collaboration with illustrator Zebedee Helm. Zebedee is himself a published author, known for his work in Private ... Read more
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