Product Description

Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough was on his way to take over at the country's most successful, and most reviled, football club: Leeds United, home to a generation of fiercely competitive but ageing players. The battle he'd face there would make or break the club - or him. David Peace's extraordinarily inventive novel tells the story of a world characterised by fear of failure and hunger for success set in the bleak heart of the 1970s.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #389 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Review
"'The most extraordinary novel about football yet to appear.' Tim Martin, Independent on Sunday"

Observer
'The book that brought the legend back to life.'

Independent on Sunday
'The most extraordinary novel about football yet to appear.'

Customer Reviews

I have no interest in football, but this is an astonishing read
An astounding book. A riveting portrait of fraility and self-doubt full of drama and pace and tragedy. I have little idea who most of these people are but was utterly gripped by the sheer power of the prose. Just amazing.

It's like your really there.
What can I say other than as I said in the review title you feel as if you are there when the events take place,however you have an advantage if you actually lived through those years,if you can visualise the faces of the people involved; Clough,Taylor,Bremner,Giles..........who are really the 4 main central characters.It is brilliantly descriptive writing,I cannot recommend it highly enough.

A bloody good read.
I found this book difficult to put down. It truly engages with the character of Brian Clough that at times I felt I was reading his autobiography. If you liked or disliked Clough then this is a belting read. Funny, tragic, infuriating and full of the attitude that truly encapsulates Cloughie. The relationship between Clough and Taylor is captured here beautifully. Buy it