Babysitting George: The Last Days of a Soccer Icon
'Funny, moving and shot-through with a clear-eyed, unsentimental humanity, Celia Walden's memoir of George Best near the end of his life is a beautiful portrait of genius in tragic, terminal decline. Babysitting George reminded me of Rex Reed's famous essay of an ageing Ava Gardener, and Norman Mailer writings on the twilight years of Muhammad Ali. Yes, it really is as good as that. This is a sad story told with humour and heart and with - the journalist's dream - unprecedented access. It is not a football book - but if you loved George Best, then you will know him far better after reading Babysitting George. And, perhaps more importantly, you will love him far more' Tony Parsons Tony Parsons Praise for Harm's Way: 'Harm's Way has given us the modern-day woman, immensely complex morally and emotionally. It is also utterly engrossing and intriguing' Jung Chang--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.