Red mist
Roy Keane and the football civil war
a fan's story
av Conor O'Callaghan (forfatter).
Bloomsbury 2004 Innbundet
Kjøp boken hos
Omtale fra Den Norske Bokdatabasen
2002 was the year of Roy Keane, if not exactly Roy Keane's year. Banished from Ireland's World Cup squad and then suspended by the English FA after comments in his best-seller autobiography, the Manchester United and Ireland captain was seldom out of the news. "Red Mist" - a passionate exploration of celebrity, temperament, one-all victories, Saipan, the World Cup and national aspiration - is Conor O'Callaghan's personal memoir of an Irish hero arraigned in the court of public opinion. It records the arguments in bars and across shop counters, the media debates, the torrent of rumours that swirled around the Irish team. It also sees the story from quirky angles: the drawings of the writer's football-mad 7-year-old son and the mysterious disappearance of his rag doll Mr Roy Keane during the 5 days of shame, plus letters in newspapers, eavesdropped conversations, tirades on website comment pages and even the washing powder commercials featuring Mrs Niall Quinn. Funny, polemical and unexpectedly moving, "Red Mist" is a portrait of a nation divided, and the summer when football and the love of football made players of us all.
Omtale fra forlaget
2002 was the year of Roy Keane, if not exactly Roy Keane's year. Banished from Ireland's World Cup squad and then suspended by the English FA after comments in his best-seller autobiography, the Manchester United and Ireland captain was seldom out of the news. "Red Mist" - a passionate exploration of celebrity, temperament, one-all victories, Saipan, the World Cup and national aspiration - is Conor O'Callaghan's personal memoir of an Irish hero arraigned in the court of public opinion. It records the arguments in bars and across shop counters, the media debates, the torrent of rumours that swirled around the Irish team. It also sees the story from quirky angles: the drawings of the writer's football-mad 7-year-old son and the mysterious disappearance of his rag doll Mr Roy Keane during the 5 days of shame, plus letters in newspapers, eavesdropped conversations, tirades on website comment pages and even the washing powder commercials featuring Mrs Niall Quinn. Funny, polemical and unexpectedly moving, "Red Mist" is a portrait of a nation divided, and the summer when football and the love of football made players of us all.
Bokdetaljer
Forlag Bloomsbury
Utgivelsesår 2004
Format Innbundet
ISBN13 9780747570141
EAN 9780747570141
Omtalt sted Irland
Omtalt person Roy Keane
Språk Engelsk
Sider 240
Utgave 1
Finn boka på biblioteket
Finner du ikke ditt favorittbibliotek på lista? Send oss e-post til admin@bokelskere.no med navn på biblioteket og fylket det ligger i. Kanskje vi kan legge det til!
Diskusjoner om boka
Ingen diskusjoner ennå.
Start en diskusjon om verket Se alle diskusjoner om verketBokelskere som følger boka
0 bokelskere følger dette verket.
Se alle bokelskere som følger dette verket