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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.
| ISBN | 0571224334 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780571224333
(What's this?) | | Pages | 368 | | Publisher | Faber and Faber | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Faber and Faber | | Previous ISBN | 9780571224265 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 20 Jan 2007 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General |
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"'The most extraordinary novel about football yet to appear.' Tim Martin, Independent on Sunday" This is a remarkable book, albeit for unexpected reasons. Don't expect warm tales from the golden age of football or any of the wit or charm that you would expect from a book about the eccentirc but often hilarious 'Cloughie'. Whilst the backdrop is the contrasting tale of Clough's early successes (most notably at Derby) and subsequent failure at Leeds, the book is more about the self-destruction of an insecure, angry and alcoholic man. As such it is an often depressing but utterly gripping insight into football's (and life's) darker side. - Nick B Write a review
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