Barry Hearn: My Life Av Barry Hearn

<P><B><U>Out now: the autobiography of the legendary sports promoter, Barry Hearn.</U></B><br><br><B><U>THE <I>SUNDAY TIMES</I> BESTSELLER <br></U></B><I><br>''I am the largest sports promoter in the world. I promote 11 sports to a global audience of billions of people every day of my life''</I><br><B>__________</B><br><br>A larger than life working class hero, Romford born and bred - always ready with the perfect soundbite - Barry Hearn was famously described as ''roguish but never a rogue''. <br><br>Hearn is credited with turning snooker into one of the biggest sports in Britain. He essentially turned a sport in which competitors wear bowties into a massive, globally televised event. Away from the table, his promotions empire casts its net over a dozen sports - from professional boxing to darts, fishing to ten-pin bowling - and his career spans four decades. He also previously owned Leyton Orient football club. <br><br>Packed with hilarious anecdotes from the golden age of snooker, a