Peter Oborne

The unbearable vanity of Kevin Pietersen

His latest autobiography is a self-portrait as a wronged genius

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issue 11 October 2014

Seven years ago Kevin Pietersen produced his first attempt at autobiography, Crossing the Boundary: The Early Years in My Cricketing Life. Atrociously written, it demonstrated no awareness of the world outside himself.

This time round Mr Pietersen has taken the precaution of hiring an excellent ghost writer, David Walsh of the Sunday Times.

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