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The Hurricane :The Turbulent Life & Times of Alex Higgins
The Hurricane :The Turbulent Life & Times of Alex Higgins
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10 October, 2002
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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 #10 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.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781843540694 |
| ISBN10 | 184354069X |
| Number Of Pages | 384 |
| Item Weight | 39 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Atlantic Books |
| Format | paperback |
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BILL BORROWS writes columns for the Daily Mirror and Maxim magazine, where he also the Editor-at-Large. He also writes for the Guardian, The Times, Mail on Sunday and Cosmopolitan. This is his first book.