{"product_id":"keegan-the-man-who-was-king-9780571392254","title":"Keegan: The Man Who Was King","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eKlopp: My Liverpool Romance\u003c\/i\u003e, another funny and insightful look at one of Britain's greatest and strangest soccer figures.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe was stranger than he knew - than any of us knew.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiverpool legend. England captain. Mercurial competitor. Pop star manqué. The Face of Brut 33. Pioneer of the footballers' perm. Twice winner of the Ballon d'Or. Kevin Keegan owned the 1970s. We had never seen his like before. There appeared to be nothing he could fail at.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracking his career from youth-team player at Scunthorpe to the England manager's job, by way of Liverpool, Newcastle and Hamburg, Keegan considers the extravagant highs of a football man who touched the game with genius, who was never sacked and who came within an ace of triumph as a manager. A story of almost and maybe, of excellence and of failure, it is a story too, perhaps, of the fans' quixotic search for a messiah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Quinn \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 until 2013 he was the film critic for the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of nine novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Rescue Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2009 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Streets\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize; \u003ci\u003eFreya\u003c\/i\u003e, a Radio 2 Book Club choice; and \u003ci\u003eCurtain Call\u003c\/i\u003e, which was chosen for Waterstones and \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e Book Clubs and adapted into the acclaimed film \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e in 2024.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51811643293970,"sku":"9780571392254","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5e657fba-1fc4-4ebd-9491-efc441dd3b7c.jpg?v=1766487379","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/keegan-the-man-who-was-king-9780571392254","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}