- Published: 15 June 2015
- ISBN: 9780552779630
- Imprint: Black Swan
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $37.00
The First Game with My Father
- Published: 15 June 2015
- ISBN: 9780552779630
- Imprint: Black Swan
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $37.00
Beautifully written family memoir, set in the Catholic working-class community of Glasgow, which tells a poignant but life-affirming story of love, loss and family.
The Bookseller
One of the most moving stories I've ever read... I was completely blown away by it.
Paul Cuddihy, editor of Celtic View
So moving, I love it.
Damian Barr, author of Maggie and Me
A moving, masterful tome.
Back Page Press
A distance of more than five years from the newspaper industry has not separated Michael Tierney from the imperative of immediately grabbing the reader by the lapels and giving the story straight and true with the concussive power of a headbutt and with a narrative that dizzies the senses… an extraordinary book.
The Herald
A beautiful and lyrical memoir about the transformative power of sport… wonderful style. Tierney's book adds to the canon of great sports writing, which uses sport as a way of interrogating human interaction.
Huffington Post