The new novel from the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin

The autobiography of snooker genius Ronnie O'Sullivan. 'That rare creature, a sports book with a conscience, a pulse and a soul' Glasgow Herald

Bill Borrows traces Higgins' meteoric rise, from his working-class origins, to his discovery of his sparkling talent, his epic benders with Oliver Reed and George Best, and the controversies that engulfed the final years of his career.

Aged 16, White was the youngest snooker 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.

The sad yet uplifting story of a man who had everything to play for but now has to play hard for anything he can get. The book describes Higgins in the kind of brusque and uncompromising way that characterized his game.

Features the masters of the green baize who dominated the sport for many years such as Terry Griffiths, Jimmy White, Ray Reardon and Steve Davies. This work also features the 1985 World Championship final when Dennis Taylor claimed the title after an encounter with Steve Davies and the arrival of Stephen Hendry.

Recounts the glory and despair, the dreams and disillusion, and the treachery and greed that have characterised the game since it was invented as a diversion by British Army officers in India in the nineteenth century. This book exposes how the potential of snooker has been shamefully squandered.

The snooker legend reveals all about his turbulent life and career

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training exercises. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he's off on his first mission to Cornwall, where Middle-Eastern multi-billionaire Herod Sayle is producing his state-of-the-art ...