The Viking's memoir to Pennant
<p>Independent sports publisher Pennant Books has bought world rights to an
 autobiography by former world darts champion Andy "The Viking" Fordham.
</p><p>Managing director Cass Pennant bought rights from Humfrey Hunter at Hunter
 Profiles for an undisclosed sum.</p><p>The book will be published on 28th
 September in hardback and chart Fordham's darts career and struggle with 
alcoholism. After 25 years of drinking at least 25 bottles of beer a day,
 Fordham, who weighed 31 stone at the time, collapsed and nearly died in 
2007.</p><p>He was told he needed an immediate liver transplant but defied medical
 opinion as his health turned around and he started on the road to recovery.
</p><p>Pennant said: "'The Viking' is one of the most popular players of all time 
and one of the darts world's true characters. Aside from his anecdotes of
 life on the road and meetings with British celebrities, Andy also tells an 
immensely human story of self-destruction and redemption that will appeal
 not only to fans of the sport but to the wider biographical readership."
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