BOOK REVIEW
SA’s raconteur racquet man aces another memoir
Gordon Forbes has published his third book and the humour, wit and piquant memories are all there in bucket loads
I’ll Take the Sunny Side Gordon Forbes BookStorm Gordon Forbes published his globally acclaimed A Handful of Summers in 1978. What a story, full of "bubbling wit", as the London Times put it. Everyone was reading it and reviews poured in from all over. As Rod Laver, number one tennis player of his generation in the 1970s, said: "Forbesy got it right – forehands, fun, food and laughter." His second book, Too Soon to Panic, was published in 1995, again to worldwide adulation. When I picked up his third book, I’ll Take the Sunny Side, which appeared recently, I thought "great storyteller … but what more can this old bugger have up his sleeve?" Plenty as it turns out! The humour, the wit, the piquant memories are all there in bucket loads. Rich veins of nostalgia course through the pages of this book. This bloke is an inveterate scribbler and has taken notes all his life. Forbesy writes that the inspiration for his third book was derived from conversations with his mates at their monthl...
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