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The Second Half

By: Roy Keane, Roddy Doyle
Narrated by: Roy Keane, Stephen Hogan
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 'ENDLESSLY ABSORBING' Mail on Sunday
'MASTERPIECE' The Times
'RUTHLESS' Daily Telegraph
'INCOMPARABLE' Sunday Mirror
'SEARINGLY HONEST' The Sun


The No.1 bestselling memoir of Roy Keane, former captain of Manchester United and Ireland


In a stunning collaboration with Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, Roy Keane gives a brutally honest account of his days as a player, the highs and lows of his managerial career and his life as an outspoken ITV pundit.

As part of a tiny elite of football players, Roy Keane has had a life like no other. His status as one of football's greatest stars is undisputed, but what of the challenges beyond the pitch? How did he succeed in coming to terms with life as a former Manchester United and Ireland leader and champion, reinventing himself as a manager and then a broadcaster, and cope with the psychological struggles this entailed?

THE SECOND HALF blends anecdote and reflection in Roy Keane's inimitable voice. The result is an unforgettable personal odyssey which fearlessly challenges the meaning of success.©2014 Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle (P)2014 Orion Publishing Group Football (Soccer) Sports Celebrity Football Inspiring Thought-Provoking Ireland

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fantastic book.
NY first audio book with audible. easy download and went through chapters with ease.

top class

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It's a good book. Plenty of honesty from Keane which you come to expect. Would love him to manage forest one day.

Following on!

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Amazing listen, hilarious in places , especially the message in reply to Dwight Yorke wishing him well! Roy Keane is pure box office, should be managing now but his punditry is legendary, but hopefully, he will get another chance soon, Spurs? now Jose has gone?
The actor doing the reading was outstanding .

fecking brillint

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narrator was excellent book was brilliant beautiful written really enjoyed it very funny Roy Keane one hell of an Irishman

absolutely loved this book

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It's a great book and well read. Would recommend this book to any football fan really.

Excellent

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Absolutely love this book I think it’s the most I’ve ever enjoyed in audiobook hope you make another one day Keano

Love it

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This was an enjoyable, if not outstanding book. I would say it was time well spent, but only because I could increase the speed of my playback device to 2X.

Would you be willing to try another book from Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle ? Why or why not?

No I'm not sure I would try another book by these two men. I think that Keane has said all he has to say.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The opening chapter of this book was narrated by Roy Keane himself, and it was wonderful. I felt I was getting the book in Keane's only voice. The gentleman who narrated the remainder simply couldn't match the tone set by Keane. I found the accent irritating (I don't think it was a genuine Cork accent?) and his inability to correctly pronounce things like "Manchester United" and "Dalymount park", (among other things), irritated me extensively. The true shame of this is taht, at the end of the book, there is a copyright notice read by (what I presume to be) the narrator in his own accent, and he has an excellent reading voice. It's a shame he didn't use this accent for the remainder of the book. However, I still maintain Roy Keane should just have read the whole thing himself.

Did The Second Half inspire you to do anything?

Was it supposed to inspire me to do anything? This is an idiotic question. it's a book detailing the playing career of a footballer, not a self-help book for insecure Americans.

Any additional comments?

this book was interesting as it gives a nice insight into the thoughts of one of the finest players to play for Manchester United during my lifetime. Keane, often portrayed as a thug and a bully, comes across well here. Many journalists have chosen to take quotes conveniently out of context, but for me the chapters detailing the spat with Sir Alex Ferguson were possibly the least interesting aspect of this book. I enjoyed the description of life as a modern manager during the highs Keane experienced at Sunderland, and the lows of his time at Ipswich. I think we caught a glimpse of Keane the individual, rather than Keane the central-midfield talisman. We see a man plagued by a fear of failure, self-doubt and confusion; much like the rest of us really. I think one of the most revealing things in the book were where he describes the death of Gary Ablett. In this little fragment of his story, we could plainly see that Keane was dreadfully upset. This isn't the typical media image of him, and thus it was nice to see it.

I enjoyed this, and I think if one compares the quality of ghost-writing between this book and Ferguson's badly-written propaganda exercise, one can see the benefits of choosing an author who can string two words together, rather than a journalist seeking only sound-bites and headlines.

Why oh why did they choose this narrator?

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loved it!

gives that inside look at how Roy really is. a great Irish man and a funny man also!

thanks Roy

10/10

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voice actor had an unusual cork /maybe limerick accent that didn't really match Keane's and it as slightly off putting. fantastic book besides and some great stories. really great to hear him especially talk about his role as captain and things such as recognising cultural differences and Making that extra effort to help players adapt. funny, dry humour throughout and you'll finish it liking Keane more than before.

funny and honest. Keane tells it the way it is

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Some of the names of players from Narator was a bit off. Good story good insight to his Utd career ending and managing and trying to get to grips with going from player to manager.

Enjoyed it

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