The front cover of Sean Kelly’s new autobiography. Written with journalist Lionel Birnie, it's flying off the shelves in Ireland.
Having taken three years to put together, it seems the wait was worth it for Irish fans, with Sean Kelly's new autobiography 'Hunger' sitting at the top of the Irish bestsellers list.
The story of King Kelly in his own words, and told with the help of journalist Lionel Birnie, is currently enjoying its seventh week at the top of non-fiction charts in Ireland.
Its success underlines the appetite for Irish cycling books and follows on from the publication the year before last of Nicolas Roche's “Life Inside the Peloton”, which he wrote with well known Irish sports writer Gerard Cromwell.
A very entertaining read, it went on to win a number of awards including the "Bord Gais Sports Book of the Year".
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Published by British based Peloton Publishing, Kelly's new book tells the story of his rise from his first days on a bike at his local Carrick-On-Suir league races to become one of the world’s best ever professional riders.
From his early days riding in Ireland, the book chronicles the highs and lows of Kelly’s career and jigsaws together the tale of one of the most popular and highly regarded riders of his generation, a man whose feats on the bike stills see him heralded as ‘King Kelly’ around the world.
Although the book was due to be published in June, before Kelly headed off to take up his now familiar commentary role for Eurosport at the Tour de France, ‘Hunger’ finally hit the shelves in July and if its perch at the top of the charts is anything to go by, it's flying off the shelves.
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