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can peolpe recommend some please?
read Lance Armstrongs book...10/10
George Best.....8/10
Johnny Cash...9/10
read Eamon Sweeneys "theres only one red army" recently...i know its not a autobiography but is an excellent read also.
Any sports or Music related books?
I found David Beckham's to be good. 8/10. Sir Alex Ferguson's is good as well. But the best book I've read is "Roy Keane, Red Man Walking" by Frank Worrell. Not an autobioghraphy you were looking for, but by far the best biography/autobiography I've read.
I've got Pelé's autobiography but haven't got around to reading it yet. Anyone know if it's any good?
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Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
Agree with all the above as I've read them all too and found Keane's to be brilliant. Niall Quinns was a decent read also. Robbie Fowlers has some good bits in it.
Pele's was ok, nothing to write home about though.
Very debatable - don't have any time for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Stars
If you're into cycling and the Kimmage haters will love this read Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage.
Sport
Tony Cascarino - Full Time (brilliant book)
Ronnie O'Sullivan - decent read, he's a mixed up lad.
Seabiscuit - I know horse can't write but its a good old yarn. I've never seen the flick.
Non-Sport
Shane McGowan
Leon Trotsky - My Life (a lot more entertaining than you'd imagine) 10/10
Good writing style, humorous in parts, invaluble historical document, anatomy of a Revolutionary - it has it all. If you are interested in History/Politics this is well worth the read IMBO.
Ali by Thomas Hauser(I think thats his name)
great book full of anecdotes....
and another one I am reading the mo is about the iraq war. I think its called fiasco by thomas e ricks. well interesting and dispells a few myths about the whole thing.
How many of these were wrote by the people themselves and not just ghost written?
I point blank refuse to read a biography thats been ghost written because with most of them,it's almost always 50% lies!
(I do realise that in some cases,it's beyond control because that person may be dead but i still refuse,it's easier to lie when there is no one to refute the claims)
As opposed to a self-penned memoir which is invariably 100% lies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Anto McC
I suppose it becomes a matter of how much you believe whoevers book you happen to be reading but i'd rather read,lets say for example,Roy Keanes own lies than Eamonn Dunpheys lies about Roy Keane!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
I read Cascarino's, great book.
Pele's book is ****e, don't waste your money. reading Gordon Starachans at the moment, not bad. A good read is Richard bransons autobiography, a great read..Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
95% of biographies are ghost written and I don't understand how you can say there is a difference. The person must sign off and read the biography before it is published so its the same as them writing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anto McC
The only difference is ghost writers are usually talented writers. Most footballers wouldn't have the best English or be the most articulate and I'd prefer to read about their life in an entertaining format.
So tell us Anto, who's self-written biographies have you read?? I'm not too sure I know any.
Must get that, I'm a big fan. First chapter here.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulB
Have you read Screw It, Let's Do It, and if so is it any good? I love the title.
adam
damn....got there before me.....Cascarinos is a must for all football fans....funny to see how he blow a lot of his savings away on gamblingQuote:
Originally Posted by finlma
also Dunphys first book.cant remember the name, about his life as a millwall player is considered one of the best football books of all time,
Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugerman, is a book I can't recomend strongly enough great read. (For any of you who don't know who Dany Sugerman is. He is the former manager of the Doors and later managed Iggy Pop)
Other one I would recomend
Long walk to Freedom-Nelson Mandela
Mr Nice-Howard Marks
Are you trying to tell me that none of the stuff is made up by these ghost writers?Quote:
Originally Posted by finlma
Mick Foley's is the only one,as i said i tend not to read biographys because a lot of it is pure lies. I've also read one or two from about people who are dead but again i wouldn't take anything from them as 100% truth. I've read Tim Pat Coogans on DeValera and Michael Collins!
should read frank skinners.deffo not ghost written. its all over the shop.
very funny as well. and niall quinns is actually really funny as well. am i the only one who always skips the early life part of autobiographys? just no interest in childhoods. the keane book is a really bad starting point as it is a brutal book. interesting and all but dunphy made an arse of it. his matt busby book is actually fascinating. his only a game book is okish nuthin special. suffers from the same issues as rough ride.the kimmage book again is not great. he would admit that the writing style is poor himself. and its actually quite a depressing read about someone who at the time seemed to lack a personality. the new edition of it has a great updated chapter bout drugs in sport tho. proving what a class writer kimmage turned out to be.
Jimmy Boyle - "A Sense of Freedom". Absolutely searing indictment of the prison system and at the same time a magnificent testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Best autobiography I ever read.
I'm not trying to be funny, but I thought Boy George's "Take it like a Man" was gas...fun, informative, and very camp!!!
Mr Nice as mentioned by Neish is very entertaining and very funny.Dont find him interesting but have to admit Quinns book was an easy read.Dunphys book with Keane was so bad I could not bring myself to finish it.I am presently reading The best of Myles, a compilation of Flann OBrien writings and its very good especially considering its gathered from the forties.BTW, top thread.