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Available
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Publication
Queen Anne Press (1988), Hardcover, 160 pages
Description
Aged 16, Jimmy White was the youngest player to win the English Amateur Championship. By 1984 he was a professional success, and married but not settled. He has survived a life of gambling, women, and marathon binges with showbiz friends, to tell in candid detail the story of his own life.
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Anyone interested in snooker, let alone Jimmy White, should read this book. It is pacy, well-written, dark in sections but also fun to read. Some may find some of White's escapades during tournaments bemusing at best but he admits he would have done it no other way while looking back. His drinking
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and drug problems undoubtedly affected his marital relations. It tells a lot about the hidden world of snooker throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s. Show Less
Awards
William Hill Sports Book of the Year (Shortlist — 1998)
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Physical description
160 p.; 8.98 inches
ISBN
0356155838 / 9780356155838
Other editions
Snooker Masterclass by Jimmy White (Paper Book)
Behind the White Ball: My Autobiography by Jimmy White (Paper Book)
Jimmy White by Jimmy White (Paper Book)
Behind the White Ball: My Autobiography by Jimmy White (Paper Book)
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