Author:Andre Tolme
At the age of 35 Andre Tolme quit his job as a civil engineer and decided that it was time to see something of the world. It was during a brief stop-over in Mongolia that he became struck by two things: he loved the country, but most of all he missed playing golf. A plan began to hatch in his mind...
Golfer of the Year.
—— New York TimesIt's not often that a person as inspiring and deeply outrageous as Poppa Neutrino is described by an author as immensely gifted as Wilkinson. Here is a life in the largest, most courageous sense of the word, a life that most of us - if we're honest - will feel a pang of regret at not having lived
—— Sebastian Junger, author of A Perfect StormA marvellous raft of a book in which we float along listening to an amiable Christian hobo and champion bullshitter expound on the inexplicable... A masterpiece
—— Garrison Keillor[A] masterpiece of joy...[a] vivid, precise and jubilant testament, which will fill his readers with a great and unexpected happiness
—— Edward HirschA hauntingly beautiful biography... an elegy to the strange wonder of the stories he [Neutrino] had to tell
—— GuardianBeautiful and true, this is a great book that brings you into the life of Poppa Neutrino, a character just as determined as the fishermen in Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea', just as self-inventing and free as the explorer in Bellow's Henderson the Rain King
—— Rich CohenPoppa Neutrino built a raft from stuff he found on the streets of New York and sailed it across the Atlantic: he is a joy to meet through the happy medium of Wilkinson's wonderful words as Poppa plans his next epic voyage
—— Saga magazineUnflinchingly honest
—— ZooThe journey to upstanding professional and all-round good guy is colourfully chronicled in Carra
—— Matt Dickinson , TimesNotable for its honesty. The Liverpool defender's published opinion that he is happier retired from international football prompted a media frenzy
—— Martin Pengelly , GuardianOne of the few current footballers worth an autobiography
—— Jonathan Ruppin , BooksellerAmid the basketful of bland post-World Cup books, McGrath's life story stands out a mile... Fascinating reading.
—— Evening StandardThe Republic of Ireland's most popular sportsman, still adored by fans of Manchester United and Villa.
—— BBC SportAn all-too honest account of a playing career that just got better and better, despite threatening to go off the rails.
—— Sunday MercuryAn extraordinary book.
—— Irish IndependentHarrowing and brutally honest...a gripping story.
—— Derby Evening TelegraphBrutally honest.
—— The Irish PostLess a football autobiography, more repentant confessional.
—— Kevin Hughes , FreeSportstunning
—— FourFourTwo