Back from the Brink: The Autobiography

by Paul Mcgrath and Paul McGrath

Book Overview

Paul McGrath is Ireland's best loved sportsman and also its least understood. An iconic football presence during a professional career stretching over 14 years, he played for his country in the European Championship finals of 1988 and the World Cup finals of 1990 and 1994. But, behind the implied glamour of life in the employ of great English clubs like Manchester United and Aston Villa, McGrath wrestled with a range of destructive emotions that...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 009949955X
• ISBN13: 9780099499558
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Arrow
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.3" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Best sports autobiography I've ever read

As a child who grew up in an Ireland that was being taken over by the wonders of Jack Charlton's Ireland team, McGrath was always a hero of mine. There were always the little hints that all was not well off the field, but on it, he was a legend. This goes into the painful depths of what was behind this amazing footballer and makes you appreciate even more how successful he became. This book gives an amazingly honest insight into the life of one of the greatest Irish sportsmen. A must for anyone who likes to read sports autobiographies.

Back from the Brink

This is a riviting account of an extraordinary, complex and successful life which impacted millions. Without any undersatnding how this individual instinctivly lived a life of chasos, triumph and glory, he was a man who was adored by so many. The toast of his native Ireland, Ooh Ah Paul McGrath! an astonisging individual. Enjoy the book which bencmarks one of the great periods in Ireland's maturity as a nation and as a soccer force in the world. Aidan