Roy Keane teams up with author Roddy Doyle for memoir


Ipswich Town's new manager Roy Keane watches his team's Coca Cola Championship soccer match against Cardiff City at the Ninian stadium in Cardiff, Wales April 25, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, creator of some of Ireland's most renowned characters, will tackle one the country's best known when he teams up with Roy Keane to write the former footballer's memoir.

Former Manchester United captain Keane and Doyle, author of books such as 'The Commitments', will collaborate on 'The Second Half', the fiery midfielder's autobiography set to be published later this year, the Orion Publishing Group said on Friday.

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