Auteur: Martin Flanagan

Martin Flanagan writes for the Age newspaper and is the author of twelve books, among them « The Call », an imaginative re-construction of the life of Tom Wills, a founder of the game, and « The Last Quarter », a trilogy of his football books. What people have said about Martin Flanagan »s football writing: – « Martin Flanagan must never be allowed to stop writing football. I say this because he is the only football writer I have read who is so good I think he could nearly describe a heartbeat – and that, if you want to touch the essence of football, is what you have to do » – Don Watson « If I »m ever prompted, I have no hesitation in nominating Martin Flanagan as my favorite writer…I only hope I can see the game off the field as well as he does » – Nathan Buckley « I like Martin »s writing, and I know most players do too, because he comes from a different perspective » – James Hird « The best of Flanagan has a finesse and feeling that no current Australian sports-writer approaches, let alone equals » – Gideon Haigh « I love his brain » – Kevin Sheedy