Mike Marqusee is a London-based writer whose ground-breaking books on the politics of popular culture have won acclaim on three continents. Born and rasied in the U.S.A., he has lived in Britain since 1971. His previous book, Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties, was voted one of 'Twenty Five Books to Remember' from 1999 by the New York Public Library. He has written extensively on cricket, especially south Asian cricket, and currently writes a regular column in The Hindu.