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• 詩的で実験的な構成と、名声や集団の記憶を掘り下げる視点を評価する声が多い一方、スポーツ小説としては距離を感じる読者もいる。

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• An amazing and delightful book. It his an epic and poetic narration of men of humble origins making history in the rugby field. But the book is mucho more than that, it is poetry and a historical rendering of a group of men and a historical time.

• Lloyd Jones is a wonderful writer and this book is an insight into a little known pre-World War 1 chapter in our NZ history

• The Book of Fame grows on you once you get used to the writing style- being more like poetry. It is a wonderful reflection of the time (1905) and these working class New Zealand men going back to what was still considered "the Mother Country" to pit themselves against the English (mostly public school boys) and find they have a game far ahead of what is happening in the rest of the world. It is more about fame than rugby (which i'm not a great fan of) and how these working class tough men cope with it. It is not a book just for people who like sport but will interest anyone who is interested in the idea of fame and how (in our times now) so many people are looking for it while these men in 1905 had no expectations of such a thing and how they manage it when it comes there way.

• Of course you grow up on the legends of the All Blacks, if you grow up in a rugby-playing nation, but this book both humanises and celebrates them in so much detail. They were superheroes and they were regular blokes out of their element. Reading about their humanness adds to their heroism by contrast. They changed rugby, and their home nation's level of self-expectation... then they went home again. Thoroughly recommend this to anyone with even only a mere passing interest in the foundations of the All Blacks' legend.

• A very different approach to writing, mixing fact and fiction, every sports fan should read it! An awesome read from a talented author

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