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Reviews of Keane: The Autobiography by Roy Keane with Eamonn Dunphy (2002) and Interpretation Second Division by Roy Keane walk off with Roddy Doyle (2014)
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Keane: The Autobiography
Here is the story of a poor Irish footballer from Cork who was too small, too slow and so utterly lacking in fundamental skills that by age 18 he was relegated to a ‘has been’ in organized soccer. With no prospects for club play (forget junior nationals or professional football), Roy Keane’s career appeared to everyone to be finished. To everyone, that is, other than Roy Keane.
This autobiography tells the story of how Roy Keane relentlessly drove himself towards a simple goal (to be a professional soccer player) and how his uncompromising single mindedness propelled him to the pinnacle of his objective -- captaincy of Manchester United, the 1999 treble season capturing the FA Cup, Premiership and Champions League and countless other team and individual trophies.
It’s not an entirely happy story. This is a brutally honest book about professional soccer, international tournaments and Roy Keane. The beautiful game is often
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There is much in Roy Keane's new book that is thoughtful and self-mocking, insightful and funny
George Caulkin, THE TIMES
A genuine pleasure; it is a masterpiece of the genre and one that paints, in an entirely unintentional way, an extremely flattering portrait of the man ... Keane is not afraid to laugh at himself by telling stories against himself ... His thoughts on his players are humane, interesting, candid and never less than believable ... Keane's story is of a man, too, one who has had to look at football and life anew as a manager, and it is this added perspective that gives richness and humanity to the tale
Mike Atherton, THE TIMES
One of the most compelling sports autobiographies in recent times
Olivia Cole, GQ Magazine
Keane's wry wit enjoys the turbo-boost of Doyle's comic timing, absurd observations and his mastery of the dark arts of expletives
David McKechnie, IRISH TIMES
The book is brilliantly constructed, rattling along at breakneck speed. And it makes a change from the standard sporting autobiography in being so hard on its principal subject. This is a book full of self-deprecation ... No self-aggrandisement, rather a ruthless self-examination
Jim White, DAILY TELEGR