The Power : My Autobiography Book

As you might expect, this is - in the main - an easy-to-read account of Tayor's life and times, on and off the oche. But there's one crucial fly in the ointment preventing this from being a truly enjoyable book...

The book was ghosted by Sid Waddell, and Mr. Waddell opted to crowbar references to himself into the text at every available opportunity. On practically every page it's 'Sid said this', 'Sid said that'. And - even more unforgivably - the text breaks off at times to recount anecdotes from Sid's life that Taylor wasn't even present for!

I've heard it said before that Waddell had a gigantic ego but I never knew it was this bad. It's almost nobbled the book for me, in fact. I'm about 2/3s through it at the moment and want to hurl it aside every time I see the name 'Sid' crop up (which, alas, happens rather frequently). I can only assume Taylor didn't bother to proof-read 'his' autobiography before publication, otherwise he'd surely have objected to Sid's ceaseless self-promotion.

If you love Sid Waddell's dart commentary, by all means buy this, as Waddell spends more time recounting his own contributions to the sport than he does presenting Taylor's life story. If, however, you're not much of a fan of 'The Geordie Lip', you might want to think twice...