Is beckham's new book any good?

Question

The soccer skills one...

Answer 1

Arguably the most recognised sportsman in the world, ever, David Beckham, at 28, has weathered several lifetimes' worth of speculation, rumours, adoration and insults--and now he claims to be setting the record straight. Beckham has been at the heart of some of the biggest stories in British football for a decade or more, and it's all here including: kung-fu Cantona; scoring from the halfway line; that Champions League Final; 1998 World Cup disgrace; 2002 World Cup glory; feuding with Fergie and the boot in the face; right through to entering the pantheon at Real Madrid in 2003. My Side fairly roars along from one headline-grabbing incident to another. Of course Beckham's passion for his game, and the challenges of preparation and performance, is the driving force behind the narrative, but we are rarely allowed to lose sight of the celebrity bubble in which ol' Golden Balls exists, as one half of Britain's other Royal family. At which point a souring note of reality must be introduced into this tell-it-like-it-was memoir. The problem is that we know Beckham so well. He is well established as a charming, courteous interviewee, for whom an inevitable and growing PR savvy has tightened his tongue, though not dimmed a natural warmth and enthusiasm, but he's equally well known to be, (how to put it?), not great with words. The bald fact is that, in public at least, Beckham has never uttered a single sentence half as vivid or coherent as those in My Side the voice with which we are all so familiar is entirely absent. Good thing too perhaps--400-odd pages full of "er" and "kinda like" would grate--but the polish that collaborator Tom Watts applies does lend this first-person narrative an air or unreality that some readers will find hard to disperse. That said, the result is a fluid, readable and hugely entertaining stroll through an extraordinary life, with a genuine sense of intimacy, a generous spread of colour photos, and some intelligent things to say about football and celebrity, despite the reservations about diluting the Beckham "essence"

Answer 2

Are there literary criteria for this judgement?
If not, it might be OK.
Otherwise it aint gonna be a classic is it.
What don't we already know about this media managed publicity junkie? How many pairs of socks he buys a year? Shock horror - he does not wear his wife's panties?

It will be $hit.

Answer 3

I wasn't aware he could read but judging by the way he's been playing he needs to brush up on his skills!!!

Answer 4

Beckham doesn't know any skills...

I encourage you to read Zidane: Le roman d'un victoire.

It's fantastic!

Answer 5

If your a football Fan - Its good
If your a fan of histe wife - I'm sure you;ll find it interesting.
If your neither then as they say 'dont touch it with a barge pole'.

Answer 6

The pictures look great once coloured in and the dot-to-dots are a real intellectual challenge.

Answer 7

its ur own personal belief
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Answer 8

iam so sorry but i donot like him and England played well without him

Answer 9

< Not too bad ; it's OK >

Answer 10

yes it is, i would suggest you get it.