{"product_id":"best-and-edwards","title":"Best and Edwards","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Immaculately written, inspiring, sad and elegiac.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a new introduction by David Peace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuncan Edwards played his first game for Manchester United at the age of fifteen and Walter Winterbottom, then England manager, called him 'the spirit of British football'. On £15-a-week, Edwards was the most prized of the Busby Babes. Then in February 1958 came Munich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf a decade later George Best represented United reborn. 'Georgie' of the boutiques and dolly birds; 'El Beatle' of the European Cup in '68 and European Player of the Year; in the opinion of Pele, the most naturally talented footballer that ever lived. Retired at 27 and reduced to the role of Chelsea barfly and tabloid perennial; George, where did it all go wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54190013776216,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571353644_4a374da5-2ea2-4a0c-9378-06e7d48d6525.jpg?v=1765578632","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/best-and-edwards","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}