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Paperback. Condición: As New. 224 pages. Lelei Lelei Jnr (aka Machete) and Neil Turnbull (aka The Ghost) came from ver y different backgrounds but when they eventually found each other they became th e 2nd five/center combination that ruled world rugby. On the pitch they were an unorthodox and mostly unstoppable team. On their day, when they were on the same wavelength, they were world beaters and very possibly the two best All Blacks e ver to play in their positions. Then there were the days--on and off the pitch-- when they were like fire and ice. Theirs was a passionate friendship/kinship/bor derline love affair. Sometimes they were of one mind, other times they would do things so stupid it was like they had only one mind between them. Needless to sa y, trouble had a way of finding them, following them and even moving in to the s pare room for a while. Machete and The Ghost is the book that charts the careers of the two greatest All Blacks who never existed. It chronicles their mythical on-field achievements; tells invented stories about the behind-the-scenes goings on of professional rugby; and also makes up their troubles and triumphs off the field, in their tabloid-worthy private lives. This is the book that takes all t he tropes you've read in every other rugby biography and twists and turns them f or shameless comedic benefit. Machete and The Ghost--totally made up, but by peo ple who know and love the game of rugby enough to make all the bullshit sound en tirely plausible. Editorial Reviews About the Author James Griffin is a writer who has invented and written heaps of television drama and comedy including Out rageous Fortune, Westside, The Almighty Johnsons, and 800 Words. When he's not w riting TV he writes plays like Serial Killers; he helped Oscar write the two Sio. Gerad Taylor (ilustrador).…