England captain. Mercurial competitor. Pop star manqué. The Face of Brut 33. Pioneer of the footballers’ perm. Twice winner of the Ballon d’Or. Kevin Keegan owned the 1970s. We had never seen his like before. There appeared to be nothing he could fail at. . .
From youth-team player at Scunthorpe to the England manager’s job, Keegan is a thrilling story of almost and maybe, of excellence and of failure.
Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool. He is the author of: The Rescue Man, which won the 2009 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award; Half of the Human Race; The Streets, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize; Curtain Call, which was chosen for Waterstones and Mail on Sunday Book Clubs; Freya, a Radio 2 Book Club choice and adapted into the acclaimed film The Critic in 2024; and The Mouthless Dead.
