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Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough | 
 enlarge | Author: Duncan Hamilton
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Category: Book
Buy Used: $10.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 385394
Format: Import
Media: Paperback
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0007247117
EAN: 9780007247110
ASIN: 0007247117
Publication Date: May 5, 2008
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Not Fair, Not all True & a new Spin Doctor that is Duncan Hamiltion June 11, 2008
I'm afraid I'm going to have to go against the grain on this one.
When I first picked this book up, & read John Motson's quote on the front cover "One of the best football books I've ever read", I thought I was onto something.
What I found was that Duncan Hamilton has 'pillaged' Brian Clough's character here. For example. Whenever something positive came up in a subject, Duncan Hamilton found it in himself to point to the negative & not dig deep into how Brian Clough reached his successes & share that with us. He spun things in such a way that reality was changed to suit Duncan Hamilton's small mindedness. Duncan Hamilton does not share with you that Brian Clough recognised Duncan Hamilton as an ambitious young journalist who Brian Clough helped out like no other journalist. Not once does Duncan Hamilton thank Brian Clough for helping him out in his career & recognise the fact that without Brian Clough, Duncan Hamilton would never have been heard of. Duncan Hamilton's 'other work' will never be recognised because it isn't any good. All the time through this book I was waiting for something riveting to spring from the pages. All that sprung from the pages was a journalist that got lucky, by being so close to a legend, that is Brian Clough, who took a couple of 'ordinary' Football clubs to the top of the old 1st division & for one of the them, to 2 European Cup successes, Duncan Hamilton picked up the controversial moments & spun them in such a way that that he felt he could gain his own lime light rather than share the truth. I can't help but feel that this book was written by Duncan Hamilton for his own financial gain rather than to share his knowledge on Brian Clough. I think neither Brian Clough's family, nor what were his close confidents, will take any pleasure out of what has been written in this book. Justice has not been done in this book & to continue to be honest, this book read quite flat.
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