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The Second Half

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Second Half

Contributors:

By (Author) Roy Keane
By (author) Roddy Doyle

ISBN:

9781780228822

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publication Date:

26th May 2015

UK Publication Date:

21st May 2015

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Association football (Soccer)

Dewey:

796.334092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 22mm

Weight:

273g

Description

'Roy Keane's book is a masterpiece . . . It may well be the finest, most incisive deconstruction of football management that the game has ever produced' Mail on Sunday

In a stunning collaboration with Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, Roy Keane gives a brutally honest account of his last days as a player, the highs and lows of his managerial career, and his life as an outspoken ITV pundit.

Reviews

A genuine pleasure . . . His thoughts on his players are humane, interesting, candid and never less than believable - The Times

The best things are the small things: regretting joining Ipswich when he discovered the training kit was blue; refusing to sign Robbie Savage because his answerphone message was rubbish; being appalled that his side had listened to an Abba song before playing football - Evening Standard

The book is brilliantly constructed, rattling along at breakneck speed . . . full of self-deprecation . . . a ruthless self-examination - Daily Telegraph

An incomparable achievement - Sunday Mirror

Author Bio

ROY KEANE was born in Cork in 1971, and is now a television pundit for ITV after an astonishingly successful football career as captain of Manchester United and Ireland. He is currently the assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland football team. RODDY DOYLE was born in Dublin in 1958 and still lives there today. He is the author of ten acclaimed novels including THE COMMITMENTS, THE SNAPPER, THE VAN and most recently THE GUTS; two collections of short stories; RORY & ITA, a memoir about his parents; and TWO PINTS, a collection of dialogues. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA, and his 1991 novel THE VAN was a Booker Prize finalist.

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