Calling the Horses: A Racing Autobiography by Peter O'Sullivan (RB542)

Published 1989: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original green cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 368 very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear on dust jacket. (RB542)

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For decades Peter O'Sullevan was one of the iconic sports commentators, providing the sound track for half a century of horseracing as he called home such legends of the sport as Arkle, Nijinsky, Red Rum and Desert Orchid.

His rapid-fire commentary seemed to echo the sound of horses' hooves, and it was not long before he became known as 'The Voice of Racing'.

But in addition to his legendary status as a TV personality, Peter O'Sullivan was also a notable journalist and much-admired writer, and it is a measure of his standing both within and beyond the world of racing that his compulsively readable autobiography Calling the Horses, first published in 1989 and reprinted eight times, reached the top of the SUNDAY TIMES non-fiction bestseller list.

Review
...the literary equivalent of his commentating voice, which many of us can still hear as the soundtrack to our love of racing. The book, like his performances with microphone in hand, is mellifluous, funny, revealing and warm, much like the man. (Daily Telegraph)

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