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Manchester City Ruined My Life
Colin Shindler
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Description for Manchester City Ruined My Life
Paperback. A beautifully written and poignant football memoir from the author of the bestselling Manchester United Ruined My Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BM; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 220.
Colin Shindler first wrote of his deep love for Manchester City in Manchester United Ruined My Life. Now he tells the story of his sorrowful disenchantment with his home town club as, on the instruction of its new foreign owners, it turns itself remorselessly into a global brand.
From the nail-biting victory over Gillingham 1999 to the equally dramatic winning of the Premier League in May 2012 Shindler watches as his team becomes more successful yet, to his own bewilderment, he feels increasingly alienated from the club.
This is the story of a frustrated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755363612
SKU
9780755363612
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99-1
About Colin Shindler
Colin Shindler was born and raised in Manchester, educated at Bury Grammar School and Gonville & Caius College Cambridge, and has worked as a writer and a producer in film, television and radio. He has written two novels and presented history programmes on radio and television. In addition to the books and articles he has written on sport and British and American ... Read more
Reviews for Manchester City Ruined My Life
Reviews of Manchester United Ruined My Life: "This is a wonderful book ... it is also extremely funny"
The Times
His prose ... is never less than sharp, smart and easy on the eye ... His writing is so attractive ... [I] would be thrilled to read more
Jim White, Guardian
It is his childhood and ... Read more
The Times
His prose ... is never less than sharp, smart and easy on the eye ... His writing is so attractive ... [I] would be thrilled to read more
Jim White, Guardian
It is his childhood and ... Read more