Abandoned as a baby, Andy McNab\'s start in life was tough.
The next 6 months in the army education system changed the course of his li.
Recruited into the army, it soon became apparent that he had the reading age of an 11 year-old.
By the age of sixteen, he was in juvenile detention.
It wasn\'t long before his life descended into petty crime.
Growing up in South London with foster parents, and surrounded by poverty, he attended seven schools in as many years, disillusioned and in remedial classes.
Abandoned as a baby, Andy McNab\'s start in life was tough