kippax81
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as one or two have already mentioned,Bob Geldof's - Is That It? - is a good read.
On a footballing front would recommend Gazza and Sir Stan Matthews
On a footballing front would recommend Gazza and Sir Stan Matthews
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Can anyone recommend a good autobiography?
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Innsbruckblue
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Lavinda Past said:All of the David Niven autobiographies - Look them up on Amazon... i can't be arsed. They're full of great tales of Hollywood etc.
'The kid stays in the picture' - Robert Evans. Brilliant book with the best closing line ever. Yes; EVER.
Good call. Excellent books!
peoffrey
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BimboBob said:peoffrey said:I think it's sad when successful people release a book that's really boring because they've not really lived. i.e. They've never been at rock bottom or in trouble. I had a flick through Jessica Ennis' book and aside from bullying at School and a love hate relationship with her Coach it's just all about how good she is at Athletics. Tony Adams or Paul Merson lived.
I don't want to bum Merson or Adams until my cock fell off though mate.
Jessica Ennis is fit. I'll give you that.
LongsightM13
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Sad to read an announcement on Twitter last night from ex-boxer Colin McMillan that his friend Jonathan Rendall, whose books I recommended earlier in this thread, has died. A lost genius, RIP
bluefish
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gazhinio said:LongsightM13 said:One of the very best autobiographies I have read was The Grass Arena by John Healy.
He was a talented young amateur boxer who joined the army, then got kicked out and hit the skids.
He became an alcoholic and a vagrant in 60s and 70s London, boozing, thieving and brawling his life away in the streets and parks of the capital.
The tales of the weird camaraderie and code of honour among the winos and the violence, brutality and contempt he experiences at the hands of his fellow hobos, police, doctors and prison guards are at times genuinely shocking.
Somewhere along the line, a kindly soul teaches him to play chess. And he is a natural. So good that he is soon entering top level competitions, and winning them. But this damaged soul knows he will never be truly accepted in that world either.
The BBC made a film of this brilliant book in the late 80s and Healy was also the subject of a feature length documentary last year.
We'll worth a read.
Just ordered that online mucca....good shout L13
^ x 2
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both dave nevisons are good, patrick veitch (public enemy no 1) is good too, amarillo slims a cracker too!MikeBlue said:Recomendations for a gambling autobiography?
BELFAST_BLUE_BOY
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David Nivens -- The Moons a Balloon & Bring on the Empty Horses -- (set the standard and works of genius IMO)
My Wicked Wicked Ways - Erol Flynn
Keith Richard. Life - this book really does try and get behind the stones and their music...man is a legend.
My Wicked Wicked Ways - Erol Flynn
Keith Richard. Life - this book really does try and get behind the stones and their music...man is a legend.
LongsightM13
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That's a great shout. Not many established writers get the chance to investigate their own mother's unsolved murder.chabal said:James Ellroy - My Dark Places
Dark, very dark.
Mr Blue by Edward Bunker, the career criminal turned author and Reservoir Dogs co-star, is another good one.
On a lighter note, the Milligan and Niven books are great.