George Best: A Memoir

Michael Parkinson, Hodder & Stoughton, £20

This book will have you riveted. Parkinson uses his decades of journalistic experience in this study of his damaged friend.

He shares recollections of his time with Manchester United legend Best – right down to his kids kicking a ball around their garden with the football genius – and offers transcripts from their interviews.

Ultimately he explores where it all went wrong.

OUR VERDICT 9/10