Let Me Tell You About Alex: Crazy Days and Nights on the Road with 'The Hurricane'

by Chas Newkey - Burden (Author), JohnVirgo (Author)

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2012
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'We went into the foyer to sign autographs. Well, I signed - Alex produced an ink pad and stamp marked A Higgins . Sorry, bade, he said between the thump of prints for 150 crestfallen fans, I'm only stamping tonight. JOHN VIRGO There is a tribute book to be written about the nicest man in snooker - but this isn't it. Whatever else he was, Alexander Gordon Higgins wasn't nice. Unpredictable, wild, demonic and obsessive for certain. An unstoppable force who single-handedly transformed snooker from a niche sport into a gripping phenomenon.

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'We went into the foyer to sign autographs. Well, I signed - Alex produced an ink pad and stamp marked A Higgins . Sorry, bade, he said between the thump of prints for 150 crestfallen fans, I'm only stamping tonight. JOHN VIRGO There is a tribute book to be written about the nicest man in snooker - but this isn't it. Whatever else he was, Alexander Gordon Higgins wasn't nice. Unpredictable, wild, demonic and obsessive for certain. An unstoppable force who single-handedly transformed snooker from a niche sport into a gripping phenomenon.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
Published: 02 Apr 2012
ISBN 10: 1843589575
ISBN 13: 9781843589570

Author Bio

John Virgo is a former top snooker professional. In 1979 he reached the semi-finals of the Embassy World Snooker Championship and later that year became the UK champion. John was a well-respected board member of the World Snooker Association where he served for two years as chairman during the Alex Higgins years. John is a BBC snooker commentator and during the 1990s was the co-star of the BBC's Big Break.