Back from the Brink
The Autobiography
- Published: 1 January 2011
- ISBN: 9781446409602
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 432
As survivor's tales go, this is brutalist epic...McGrath's narrative has a stark honesty.
Sean O'Hagan, The Observer Sport Monthly
Continuing the trend of brutal honesty which was popularised by Paul Gascoigne's autobiography, McGrath's book is difficult to read for anyone with an ounce of human kindness, especially those who marvelled at his ability from the Old Trafford terraces... Beautifully written.
Manchester Evening News
Laceratingly honest...remarkably unflinching
Mail on Sunday
A startling, harrowing read... far removed from the churn-em-out footballing autobiographies...This is an uncompromising tale, wonderfully told, about one of our most talented and disturbed sporting heroes.
Hugh Farrelly, Irish Independent
Heartbreaking...poingnant
Robert Philip, Daily Telegraph
One of the finest autobiographies to be written by a footballer... a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows, gain and loss, of loneliness, of fear, of self-loathing, and of guilt.
Birmingham Post
It is funny. It is sad. It is brilliant.
Hyder Jawad, Birmingham Post
The travails of Tony Adams, Paul Gascoigne and even George Best pale when compared with McGrath's horrors.
Paul Rowan, The Sunday Times
McGrath's book is voyeuristic and gruesome... sheds light on one of sport's last great taboos.
Rick Broadbent, The Times
Gripping [and] unflinching... His story is as complex as it is moving, as vulnerable as it is brutal.
Donald McRae, Guardian
Genuinely absorbing... harrowing and honest... his is a story truly worth telling.
Adam Marshall, Eurosport
Amid the basketful of bland post-World Cup books, McGrath's life story stands out a mile... Fascinating reading.
Evening Standard
The Republic of Ireland's most popular sportsman, still adored by fans of Manchester United and Villa.
BBC Sport
An all-too honest account of a playing career that just got better and better, despite threatening to go off the rails.
Sunday Mercury
An extraordinary book.
Irish Independent
Harrowing and brutally honest...a gripping story.
Derby Evening Telegraph
Brutally honest.
The Irish Post
Less a football autobiography, more repentant confessional.
Kevin Hughes, FreeSport
stunning
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