Ernest Parker: Not a Love Story
£16.00
by Max Bonnell and Andrew Sproull
In his short career, Ernest Parker established himself as the finest cricketer produced by Western Australia before the Second World War.
If that had been his only talent, he would have been interesting, but he was also a practising lawyer and a tennis player good enough to win the tournament now known as the Australian Open.
His premature death in the Great War was a tragedy that resounded throughout his home state.
But while everyone in Western Australia knew about Ernest Parker, hardly anyone really knew or understood him. Not a Love Story explores not only the public triumphs of Parker’s life, but also his ambivalent attitude towards his great talents, and the mystery behind his yearning for a quiet, anonymous life.
