George Best: True Genius

‘REMEMBER ME FOR THE FOOTBALL…’


…George Best’s last wish before his untimely death, aged just 59 in 2005.


‘Genius’ was the original title for his autobiography, modestly dismissed by Best as being too arrogant. Now comes the definitive biography True Genius, a family-backed account of his remarkable career published to coincide with what would have been his 75th birthday.


Written by celebrated Manchester United author Wayne Barton, it goes into unparalleled depth, aiming to tell the complete story of the game’s first superstar.


Barton has spent years trawling the archives and speaking to a host of former team-mates, managers, friends and close family, going behind the scenes and researching matches and official records in microscopic detail.


While there have been many books on George Best, this is the only biography that captures the football story so exhaustively, unearthing revealing material that will shed new light on one of the game’s most naturally gifted players. 


Supplemented with rare and unseen images researched from the Daily Mirror archives, this is the ultimate portrait of a true football genius.