- Hardcover: 296 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Ireland (21 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844882179
- ISBN-13: 978-1844882175
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 454,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This is not simply one of the best and most readable sports books to be published anywhere this year, it is one of the best and most important books to be published in Ireland this year' --Sunday Tribune
'An honest and down-to-earth account of his life as one of the GAA's most high-profile players' --Irish Independent
'The engine of the book is truthfulness: raw, compelling and uncomfortable' --Sunday Times
'He offers the reader a passionate and honest account of the incidents that have plagued Cork hurling over the past few years. An easy and enthralling read' --Sunday Business Post
'A compelling read'
--Irish Times
'Certain to become a sports classic' --The Times
'Dónal Óg Cusack is on a par with Roy Keane in the ranks of Rebel sportsmen ... Ferociously dedicated but divisive, he's delivered a book just as intense, controversial ... as Keano did in the wake of Saipan'
--Evening Echo
'An honest and down-to-earth account of his life as one of the GAA's most high-profile players' --Irish Independent
'The engine of the book is truthfulness: raw, compelling and uncomfortable' --Sunday Times
'He offers the reader a passionate and honest account of the incidents that have plagued Cork hurling over the past few years. An easy and enthralling read' --Sunday Business Post
'A compelling read'
--Irish Times
'Certain to become a sports classic' --The Times
'Dónal Óg Cusack is on a par with Roy Keane in the ranks of Rebel sportsmen ... Ferociously dedicated but divisive, he's delivered a book just as intense, controversial ... as Keano did in the wake of Saipan'
--Evening Echo
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hurler through and through,
By drew "drew" (angera, italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Come What May: The Autobiography (Hardcover)
I must admit i bought this book because he was gay and a sportsman but this is a sports read, this is a hurlers autobiography, the fact that he is gay is sort of incidental which is nice even though its a major event in his life , in this book , his life is hurling, its sport, his relationships are through sport everything is through sport.
It would have been nice to have him write a bit about love and passionate love because this is clearly a passionate man but I think he wisely came out in his book but like jackie Onassis , kept his mystery and left a lot to the imagination, which probably allowed most of the Irish population to accept him more easily as a gay public figure. I think this book is a must read for any Cork Hurling fan and any Hurling follower in general, stereotypical "non sporty" gay men wont find anything too enlightening in donals coming out story, we have all gone through it, i think what might be interesting for donal to think about is when he was in school and the obviously gay boys, the effeminate boys, the non sporty boys, were being singled out for abuse, why didnt he come out then? I suppose thats a question for Irish society more than him because that shouldnt be happening, the abuse i mean? but i would just ask donal and all the people in the press who have found him courageous in coming out, desent he and they think the gays who are really courageous are the ones who are openly gay from forever, from when they start in school and have to put up with abuse from everybody in every moment of every day and they do so with quiet dignity. Arnt the stereotypical gays our frontline troops who have been winning us our rights since Stonewall. Straight acting isnt necessarily better , gay is different we dont have to be stereotypical men, we are gay and that means different, we can be feminine & masculine the whole gamut and we shouldnt have labels or roles or prejudices. ps I LOVED THE BOOK and plan to buy it for all my relatives as christmas gifts
3.0 out of 5 stars
More folksy memoir than sporting manifesto, a reasonable sports read.,
By Urban Sprawl (Berlin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Come What May: The Autobiography (Hardcover)
Donal óg Cusack is one of the most important figures in the GAA over the last 10 years. An outspoken advocate of players' rights, one of the modern players who has raised the bar in terms of training and prepration, committed to hurling development across the country and out gay man.
Surprisingly then 'Come What May' is much more personal memoir than sporting manifesto. The style is informal and folksy, a series of anecdotes, some of which offer an insight into the workings of the GAA, most of which simply add local colour to a very personal tale. The pieces on the 2009 strike and GPA are revealing but readers who would like to see Cusack to set out his stall on the future development of the GAA or hurling development outside the 'traditional' counties might be disappointed. Not sure how accessible the book would be to anyone without some knowledge of the GAA. The Seán óg hagiography and sniping about Barry Kelly are a bit OTT, but overall a good read and an important book.
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This review is from: Come What May: The Autobiography (Hardcover)
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