- Published: 5 September 2019
- ISBN: 9780241401453
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
The Autobiography
The Sunday Times Bestseller
- Published: 5 September 2019
- ISBN: 9780241401453
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
It makes for fascinating reading, as the former England captain recounts what it took to succeed at the top of his game - and reveals what made him decide to hang up his whites at the relatively early age of 33
Radio Times
A fascinating and layered book which delves into the psychological challenges of the game . . . a timely read at the end of an exhilarating yet flawed summer for English cricket
Guardian
Bracingly honest about the brutal nature of professional cricket
The Times
Reveals Cook as a teak-tough, mentally powerful competitor . . . Brutally honest insight into professional sport at the highest level
Press Association
Cricket legend Alastair Cook's remarkably candid autobiography reveals the pressures of playing the sport at the highest level for more than a decade
Choice
He details the complexity of the process, from technique to mental agonies, to draining team politics . . . there are also lots of endearing behind-the-scenes details
Strong Words
The best books to buy sports fans this Christmas
Daily Telegraph
He is England's greatest ever batsman...but behind that choirboy exterior, Cook is as tough as tugboats, a man who has spent his life doing one of the hardest, scariest jobs in sports - opening the batting in Test cricket. This hugely enjoyable book gives you an idea of quite how challenging it is, and makes you see that finding a replacement for "The Chef" at the top of England's batting order won't be any picnic
Sports Books of the Year Daily Mail
Hugely enjoyable
Sport Books of the Year, Daily Mail
Sir Alastair reveals his more ruthless and passionate sides in a book more probing than most sport biogs
Daily Mirror