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Loading... The Hurricane: The Turbulent Life & Times of Alex Higginsby Bill Borrows
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The opening paragraph says much about the subject of this biography, an authorised book for about ten lines until the price wasnt right for Alex. Class. A superbly conroversial talent in a sport not really known for its controversy. Oh how the snooker authorities would love another like him in the circuit now to raise its flagging popularity with the masses again. One of the main players of the boom in the sport in the 80's and some magical TV moments to boot, (not at the table). Shame to see him fall by the wayside like so many of the infamous sporting legends, but lets be honest who wants to read about someone who's life is all sweetness and shite?. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Born on a council estate in Belfast, Alex Higgins left school at 15 At 17 he won the Northern Ireland and All Ireland snooker championships, and turned professional when he was 20. In 1972, aged just 23, he became the youngest person ever to win the World Championship. He repeated this achievement in an emotional final 10 years later, in the process becoming the biggest box-office draw the game has ever known. Alex Higgins was a showman, gambler, comedian, bully, charmer and alcoholic. His antics - and ferocious temper - were legendary yet he was loved by millions. Now, dying of cancer, he has spent everything he has and divided his time between Manchester and Belfast, where he survives by playing u10 snooker matches in pubs. Bill Burrows has had unprecedented access to Higgins and reconstructs vividly the terrifying roller-coaster ride that is his life. Outrageous, gripping and ultimately, emotionally wrenching, this is the definitive account of one of the most charasmatic and self-destructive figures ever to appear in British sport." No library descriptions found. |
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