“I wasn’t sure if I would like this book as I understood that while it was an adult love story, and I emphasize adult, there were sequences about games that I knew nothing about. The author weaves cricket and rugby football into this love story and I found that they added great interest. I suspect that the author wrote from life and what an interesting life it was. His descriptions of San Francisco in the 1960s as well as Oxford, London, Siena and Stockholm were delightful.
 
Most love stories I read are written by women with women as the main character and it was eye opening to read about it from a man’s side. The author has a fast paced style and I enjoyed every minute of the book. I finished it at two in the morning in just three days. I was hoping the game would never end."