num_pages: 464
description: The autobiography of this Irish soccer player is not a football story but a human story that goes from a hard, hidden childhood in Dublin’s orphanages to a public struggle with alcoholism and a life lived on the edge of chaos.
language: English
title: Back From the Brink: The Autobiography
titlecomplete: Back From the Brink: The Autobiography
genres: Ireland, Biography, Sports, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Irish Literature, Mental Health, Memoir, Football, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 1481
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award
category: Energise Sport Irish Sports Book of the Year
publisher: Century