The Second Half

'Roy Keane's book is a masterpiece . . . It may well be the finest, most incisive deconstruction of football management that the game has ever produced' Mail on Sunday

In a stunning collaboration with Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, Roy Keane gives a brutally honest account of his last days as a player, the highs and lows of his managerial career, and his life as an outspoken ITV pundit.

“To use a sporting clich?, this blisteringly honest book - written in collaboration with Roddy Doyle - is a tale of two halves. An account of the driven Premier League star's career, then an insight into life as a manager. Roy Keane's self-deprecating wit, combined with a take-no-prisoners approach, make for an entertaining read-- i newspaper 'The 10 Best Sporting memoirs'”

A genuine pleasure . . . His thoughts on his players are humane, interesting, candid and never less than believable - The Times

The best things are the small things: regretting joining Ipswich when he discovered the training kit was blue; refusing to sign Robbie Savage because his answerphone message was rubbish; being appalled that his side had listened to an Abba song before playing football - Evening Standard

The book is brilliantly constructed, rattling along at breakneck speed . . . full of self-deprecation . . . a ruthless self-examination - Daily Telegraph

An incomparable achievement - Sunday Mirror

ROY KEANE was born in Cork in 1971, and is now a television pundit for Sky Sports and ITV after an astonishingly successful football career as captain of Manchester United and Ireland. He is also currently a co-host on Gary Neville's The Overlap: Stick to Football Podcast.

RODDY DOYLE was born in Dublin in 1958 and still lives there today. He is the author of thirteen acclaimed novels including THE COMMITMENTS, THE SNAPPER, THE GUTS, and most recently LOVE. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA and his 1991 novel THE VAN was a Booker Prize finalist.

'Roy Keane's book is a masterpiece . . . It may well be the finest, most incisive deconstruction of football management that the game has ever produced' Mail on Sunday In a stunning collaboration with Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, Roy Keane gives a brutally honest account of his last days as a player, the highs and lows of his managerial career, and his life as an outspoken ITV pundit.

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