Book Review: Lucky, Anil Nayar’s Story

From Squash Magazine

Lucky: Anil Nayar’s Story—A Portrait of a Legendary Squash Champion
By Jean Nayar
(New York: Five Rivers Press, 2020).
By James Zug
Lucky is the biography of one of the top amateurs of the twentieth century. Anil Nayar and his wife Jean Nayar have put together a fascinating story of a great champion and symbol of diversity in the game.
This is a substantial book, well beyond a hagiographic sketch. Jean Nayar is a veteran journalist. She writes mostly about architecture, interior design, art, real estate and travel for lifestyle magazines and is the author of more than a dozen previous books. In putting together Lucky, she interviewed Anil’s family and friends, as well as more than forty fellow …
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