{"product_id":"the-second-half-9781780228822","title":"The Second Half","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece ... t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehoughtful and self-mocking, insightful and funny' THE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHe's scarily extreme, dangerously provocative, oxy-acetylene forthright ... and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehugely entertaining' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Searingly honest' THE SUN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thoroughly entertaining rampage' Matt Dickinson, THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo. 1 bestselling memoir of Roy Keane, former captain of Manchester United and Ireland - co-written with Man Booker Prize-winner Roddy Doyle. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'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' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A genuine pleasure . . . His thoughts on his players are humane, interesting, candid and never less than believable' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'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' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The book is brilliantly constructed, rattling along at breakneck speed . . . full of self-deprecation . . . a ruthless self-examination' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780228822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Roddy Doyle, Roy Keene","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43449012617397,"sku":"9781780228822","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a6f67566-47b1-4630-a4aa-141b848bedd1.jpg?v=1704216340","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-second-half-9781780228822","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}