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The book just published "Black Farce and Cueball Wizards" (Mainstream Publishing) is probably the best history of Snooker published too date. Here is a recent interview with Clive Everton which gives a flavour of what's in the book.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/09/19/clive_everton_feature.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/09/19/clive_everton_feature.shtml