Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan is the former bassist in Oasis. While on tour with the band in America, Guigsy came across a magazine article about Robin Friday and was inspired to find out more about the genius maverick player. This book is the result of his investigations. Paolo Hewitt is the author of several bestselling books, including The Looked After Kid, Heaven's Promise, The Fashion of Football, and biographies on Oasis, Paul Weller and The Jam. He is also features editor at Watch magazine.
A story of shattered dreams, hedonism and a short life lived very much to the full ... this is one of the essential modern football books FourFourTwo It has a magical atmosphere and is easily the most compulsive soccer biography you'll ever read Melody Maker A terrific read Daily Mail Poignant, funny and tragic The Scotsman