An evening with Anthony Quinn

We're delighted to welcome Merseyside born author, Anthony Quinn to West Kirby to celebrate the publication of his latest non-fiction book, Keegan: The Man Who Was King.

Join us on Thursday 9 October at 7pm, when Anthony will be in conversation with Liverpool based creative, producer & editor, Olivia Graham, before answering questions from the audience and signing copies of his books.

Tickets are £6 standard admission or £18 including a copy of the book. Complimentary refreshments will also be provided.

If you can't make the event and would like to reserve a signed/ dedicated copy of Keegan, please do get in touch and we'll be happy to help.

We look forward to seeing you there!

About Keegan:

'A marvellous tribute to one of the great characters of English football . . . This charming book, as light and delightful as a soufflé, is a supremely enjoyable portrait [...] Pleasingly erudite, Quinn has a liberal splattering of footnotes all of which are witty and sardonic.'
― The Times

'Anthony Quinn's slim, funny, beguiling biography is full of vignettes that illuminate Keegan.' ― FT Weekend

'Fascinating. . . [Keegan] was the best footballer of his generation.' ― Observer

'He shone as a player and struggled as a manager - but there's much more to that narrative, as this sprightly biography proves.' ― Telegraph

'The book reflects the energy Keegan brought to the pitch . . . if you want a lively, funny, and nostalgic read about one of the game's biggest - yet fun-sized - colossal characters, this book delivers.' ― LFC History

'Quinn has a clean, fluent style, and the book has a magical readability.' ― New Statesman

From the author of Klopp, a funny and insightful look at one of Britain's greatest and strangest football greats.

England captain. Mercurial competitor. Pop star manqué. The Face of Brut 33. Pioneer of the footballers' perm. Twice winner of the Ballon d'Or. Kevin Keegan owned the 1970s. We had never seen his like before. There appeared to be nothing he could fail at.

Tracking his career from youth-team player at Scunthorpe to the England manager's job, by way of Liverpool, Newcastle and Hamburg, Keegan considers the extravagant highs of a football man who touched the game with genius, who was never sacked and who came within an ace of triumph as a manager. A story of almost and maybe, of excellence and of failure, it is a story too, perhaps, of the fans' quixotic search for a messiah.

About Anthony Quinn:

Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 until 2013 he was the film critic for the Independent. He is the author of ten novels, including The Rescue Man, which won the 2009 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award; The Streets, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize; Freya, a Radio 2 Book Club choice; Curtain Call, which was chosen for Waterstones and Mail on Sunday Book Clubs and adapted into the acclaimed film The Critic in 2024; and, most recently, The Mouthless Dead.