Red or Dead
By David Peace
Faber & Faber, August 2013
No socialist in 60 years of British life has had more followers than Bill Shankly; no-one on the left has had greater success.
Taking over as manager of Liverpool Football Club in 1959, with his team struggling in the second division, by his retirement in 1974 Shankly had guided Liverpool to three league titles, two FA cups and the club’s first European trophy, the UEFA cup.