A Cork Comedy, Boy? Famed Writer to Pen Roy Keane Memoir

 Legendary Irish writer Roddy Doyle has signed a deal to work with sportsman Roy Keane on his autobiography. Doyle will be helping the Cork man pen his book The Second Half, which is set to be published this autumn. The book is described as a blend of “memoir and motivational writing in a manner which both disquiets and reassures in Roy Keane’s own original voice”. Commenting on the announcement, Dubliner Doyle said; “Ten years ago I was buying something in a shop in New York and I handed my credit card to the young African man behind the counter. He read Bank of Ireland on the card, looked at me and said: ‘Ireland — Roy Keane.’ "I’m delighted to be writing this book with Roy.” Doyle is of course a Man Booker Prize recipient for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and widely beloved for his Barrytown Trilogy; The Snapper, The Van and The Commitments. Keane himself said; “I am very happy to be working with Roddy Doyle on this book, and look forward to the experience.” Roy previously published his first autobiography in 2002. That one was written in conjunction with former footballer turned broadcaster Eamon Dunphy.