Anton Oliver - Inside

Oliver, Anton with Turner, Brian

ISBN 10: 1869589912 / ISBN 13: 9781869589912

Published by Hodder Moa Beckett, Auckland, 2005

About this Item

As New copy of All Black Hooker Anton Oliver's Autobiography. SIGNED by Anton with inscription "To Glenn, Best Wishes".

Seller Inventory # 015012

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anton Oliver - Inside
• Publisher: Hodder Moa Beckett, Auckland
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1869589912
• ISBN 13: 9781869589912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Anton Oliver
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rugby

About this title

Synopsis

A double university degree and a career in rugby - hardly the norm for an All Black front-rower. Anton Oliver, though, is different. Anton Oliver is the thinking man's rugby player. In this biography of the great Otago hooker, Brian Turner explores the life of a professional rugby player from angles previously untouched. He focuses on the good things to come out of rugby's moneyed age and, as well, looks at the many pitfalls for young sportsmen who are thrust into the limelight and dished out vast and, seemingly, endless sums of money. Turner and Oliver draw fascinating conclusions. As well, the book looks at the highs and lows of Oliver's career - a career that has been as controversial as it has been successful.

About the Author

Brian Turner is one of New Zealand's most gifted writers. As well as books of poetry, he has also written a number of sports books, including three on cricket with his brother Glenn - My Way; Opening Up and Lifting the Covers. In 1999 he collaborated with Josh Kronfeld on the best-selling rugby biography, On the Loose and last year worked with the legendary Colin Meads on his blockbuster, Meads. His latest collection of poetry, Taking Off, has just been published Victoria University Press.