The most thrilling and controversial cricketer of his generation, Brian Lara is a hero to millions worldwide. A naturally attacking style and limitless scoring arc, allied to phenomenal mental and physical stamina, proved a recipe for some of the biggest and most compelling innings in cricket history. This new biography charts the influences that shaped Lara as a child batting prodigy, through an astonishing and turbulent career and onto his post-cricket life as a businessman, benefactor, and national icon. Through in-depth interviews with former international players, coaches, teachers, neighbors, friends, and family members, new light is shed on this brilliant but complex man, a true Caribbean hero who still has many chapters to write.