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Cardus: celebrant of beauty Robin Daniels Palatine Books (Lancaster, 2009); xxvtii, 452pp; £25. ISBN 978 I 8741 8 1 58 3.

The elusive Mr Cardus: letters and other writings of Neville Cardus, 1916-1973 Edited by Bob Hilton Lancashire County Cricket Club Library (Manchester, 2009); 68pp; £15 PBK. ISBN 978 0 9562224 11.

NEVILLE CARDUS has been a hero for many people for a long time now. From his deprived upbringing in the back streets of Manchester (his aunt was a prostitute); to his way with words which, Palestrina-like, seemed to be in an idiom perfectly formed from birth; to his two intriguingly contrasted yet somehow mutually supporting areas of expertise, he fascinated his ...

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