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	title:	From the Eye of the Hurricane: My Story
	author:	Alex Higgins
	format:	Hardcover
	publisher:	Headline
	released:	May 31, 2007
	isbn:	0755316592
	isbn-13:	9780755316595

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Customer Reviews
A Sad Tale - Rated The problem with this book is that it is written by Alex Higgins! The man is so immersed in his addictions that he has very little insight into a life that has clearly been dominated by drink fags, and gambling. What does emerge though is the sadly familiar tale of addiction: wasted opportunities, severed relationships, financial ruin, major health problems amidst other things. Yet Higgins steadfastly maintains that he has had a great life despite the mess that it has obviously been. Only two World Championship wins, his failure to hold on to any meaningful relationship, the fact that he has blown every penny he has earned are signs of a life which failed to make the most of the great talent he was given. Saddest of all is the story of Higgins's life now: sat alone in a Belfast pub surrounding by the triumvirate of drink, fags and horse racing waiting to see which one kills him first. The book itself is rambling and disjointed. His arrogance that the world owed him a living at times is breathtaking, as is the bewildering number of grudges he still seems to bear. Then there are the apologies, some decades overdue; others he refuses to make although invariably it sounded as though he was in the wrong even in his words!

Customer Reviews

A Sad Tale - Rated 2/5
The problem with this book is that it is written by Alex Higgins! The man is so immersed in his addictions that he has very little insight into a life that has clearly been dominated by drink fags, and gambling. What does emerge though is the sadly familiar tale of addiction: wasted opportunities, severed relationships, financial ruin, major health problems amidst other things.

Yet Higgins steadfastly maintains that he has had a great life despite the mess that it has obviously been. Only two World Championship wins, his failure to hold on to any meaningful relationship, the fact that he has blown every penny he has earned are signs of a life which failed to make the most of the great talent he was given. Saddest of all is the story of Higgins's life now: sat alone in a Belfast pub surrounding by the triumvirate of drink, fags and horse racing waiting to see which one kills him first.

The book itself is rambling and disjointed. His arrogance that the world owed him a living at times is breathtaking, as is the bewildering number of grudges he still seems to bear. Then there are the apologies, some decades overdue; others he refuses to make although invariably it sounded as though he was in the wrong even in his words!