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Cricket and Literature - Literary connections of the noble game

Murder Must Advertise: Dorothy L Sayers puts Lord Peter Wimsey on the popping crease

February 2, 2019

In ‘Murder Must Advertise’, the eighth novel involving the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L Sayers devotes an entire chapter to cricket. The game also plays a pivotal part in the plot of the mystery novel. Arunabha Sengupta writes about the book and the cricketing associations of Sayers.

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Agatha Christie - when cricket vied for her attention with crime

January 19, 2015

Agatha Christie, born September 15, 1890, was one of the most popular crime fiction writers of all time – almost certainly the most prolific. Arunabha Sengupta writes about the cricketing connections of the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

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Arthur Conan Doyle - the game's afoot

January 19, 2015

Arunabha Sengupta sketches the many cricketing connections of the man who created Sherlock Holmes.

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