Old Stoneface: My Autobiography by John Lowe
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Ah, darts. A proper game played by proper blokes drinking proper beer. And none of those proper blokes was more nondescript than John Lowe, nicknamed Old Stoneface because he never knowingly had a facial expression.
Which means the book isn’t that interesting either. To be fair, the early years are dealt with very well, as we learn about his Derbyshire, working class background. But once he hits the big time it becomes a list of famous people he met in fancy pants hotels around the world. It’s actually more interesting when the tells tales about his contemporaries, and the section dealing with the legal disputes that came close to killing darts off is interesting as well.
If you were a fan of the legendary days of darts there is enough to keep you going at a budget price, but don’t come here looking for great writing.
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