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Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs

Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs

by RodgeGlass (Author)

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    Hardcover 2012

    $3.47
Synopsis

"Ever heard of Mark Wilson? 'Little Giggsy'? Well, WHOSE fault is THAT?" Mark Wilson's whole life has been about the moment when he steps on to Old Trafford's THEATRE OF DREAMS to make his first appearance for Man Utd. But when a wayward pass from Ryan Giggs leads to THE WORST DEBUT EVER, Mark's schoolboy obsession with him develops into something more dangerous. Fifteen years later, after a career interrupted by drinking, injury, gambling, RESTRAINING ORDERS and burglary, Mark is now sober, gainfully-employed and looking forward to a season of watching United back to their Premier- and CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-WINNING BEST. Most importantly for Mark, he is reconciled with the mother of his son, little Ryan. But as the old urges continue to struggle for voice in his head, can he keep his eye on the goal? A story of LOVE and last-minute chances, BRING ME THE HEAD OF RYAN GIGGS is also a frightening study of a talented fantasist. Told with wonderful variation of voice, the novel blends fact and fiction to masterfully examine how a man's adoration and idolisation of another man goes terribly wrong.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Tindal Street Press
Published: 05 Apr 2012
ISBN 10: 1906994382
ISBN 13: 9781906994389
Book Overview: 'You've heard of me, right? I'm Mikey Wilson, aka 'Little Giggs', the Manchester boy born to play at the Theatre of Dreams, and this is my story.'

Media Reviews
A complex and moving portrayal of obsession, football and heroes with boots of clay. Rodge Glass skilfully warps sincerity with an ironist's ear - great stuff * Will Self *
It's The Damned United v Taxi Driver in this Premier League novel. A book for anyone obsessed with football . . . or for anyone worried about them * Alan Bissett *
For every dream career there are thousands of boys whose dreams are painfully broken. This reality is dissected here without losing sight of the love of the game * Pat Nevin *
Rodge Glass is a very good comic writer * Independent on Sunday *
Every once in a while, a book will come along that has the power to linger in the imagination - to keep gnawing away at you hours and days after you put it down. Such is the case with Hope for Newborns * Scotsman *
A thorough, loving portrait of the artist as quirky genius [Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography] -- Jonathan Coe * Guardian 'Books of the Year' 2008 *
Thoughtful and brave * TLS *
Author Bio
RODGE GLASS was born in 1978 and is originally from a large Manchester United-supporting family in Cheshire. He has lived in Glasgow for many years and in that time has published two novels No Fireworks and Hope for Newborns as well as the acclaimed Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography, for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award.