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My Story - Alex Higgins

Description: ISBN 0755316592 / Author: Alex Higgins / Genre: Biography

Newest Review: ... always about him, the Higgins show, and he didn't want anyone getting to close to him in case the magic went away, the book ... more

... revealing a destructive and selfish man who has no regrets, perhaps the saddest side to all this. I think he really believes that those who did make the inner circle were only interested in Alex the wealthy sportsman and not 'Sandy' (as he was know as a kid) Higgins, the grubby wheeler-and-deeler from a grubby Belfast tenement block. Reading this autobiography you can almost hear death knockings on Alex's door and telling him to hurry up and get his coat. He strikes me as a guy who never bought a drink for anyone but ...more

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My Story - Alex Higgins: One last wheeze and gasp from the Hurricane.. (1734 words)
by - written on 07/01/08 (Very useful, 255 readings)
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I was in WH Smiths the other day tidying up the Christmas shopping and there was Alex Higgins, snooker legend. And it was not a cheerful sight. The Hurricane today is a tiny Gollum like figure; still hiding under one of his oversized Leprechaun hats that would be more at home at Cheltenham races than Northampton. His adoring fans of all ages were queuing up (excuse the pun) for the diminutive mans scribble, no doubt a last chance to do so before his cancer returns and drags him into Hell. Alex knows he's going down in the final elevator of life and so why not write his passport to it in this unregretful and honest autobiography. I'm not a huge fan of the man ... Read the complete review

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