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| George Best - A Life in the News |
Author: Martin Knowlden
Hardcover - November 2006 - 192 pages
November 2006 marks the first anniversary of the death of George Best, the most magical footballer of his generation.
Now Richard Williams has selected the finest writing from the Guardian and the Observer to chronicle Best's career, from the teenage starlet's early sixties appearances for Manchester United, through the glory days of the 6 - 0 trouncing of Northampton and the 1968 European Cup win, to the long obituary lamenting a great talent gone to waste.
These insightful pieces are written by numerous famous names, from Hugh McIlvanney to Arthur Hopcraft and even John Arlott. They trace Best's transformation from the willowy Belfast boy into the rotund football gipsy drifting from Fulham to the US to Dunstable Town, and eventually the sad bar habitué, in a unique commemoration of a life lived throughout in the public eye. |  |
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