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WINNER OF THE ATTITUDE AWARD 'If you want to change your life...read this book.' TRACEY EMIN

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  • THE
  • SUNDAY
  • TIMES
  • BESTELLER
  • &
  • WINNER
  • OF
  • THE
  • ATTITUDE
  • BOOK
  • AWARD'Refreshing,
  • inspiring
  • and
  • candid.'
  • ATTITUDE'I
  • love
  • this
  • man
  • so
  • much.
  • He
  • was,
  • and
  • always
  • will
  • be,
  • my
  • knight
  • in
  • shining
  • Westwood.'
  • DAVINA
  • MCCALL'This
  • is
  • a
  • story
  • that
  • should
  • never
  • have
  • been
  • told'
  • KATE
  • MOSS'The
  • perfect
  • beach
  • read'
  • THE
  • SUNDAY
  • TIMES'If
  • you
  • want
  • to
  • change
  • your
  • life
  • but
  • can't..
  • I
  • strongly
  • advise
  • you
  • read
  • this
  • book'
  • TRACEY
  • EMINAs
  • one
  • of
  • club
  • culture's
  • most
  • notorious
  • -
  • and
  • best
  • loved
  • -
  • figures,
  • Tony
  • is
  • a
  • complete
  • force
  • of
  • nature. Here
  • he
  • tells
  • the
  • most
  • extraordinary
  • stories
  • of
  • depravity
  • and
  • hedonism,
  • of
  • week-long
  • benders
  • and
  • extreme
  • self-destruction
  • -
  • and
  • of
  • recovery,
  • redemption,
  • friendship
  • and
  • the
  • joy
  • of
  • a
  • good
  • tune. ___________________________________________________________________________'Anyone
  • can
  • get
  • a
  • party
  • started,
  • but
  • no
  • one
  • keeps
  • it
  • going
  • like
  • Fat
  • Tony,
  • the
  • energy
  • never
  • dips
  • and what
  • a
  • life
  • he's
  • lived..
  • He's
  • a
  • tosser
  • but
  • we
  • still
  • love
  • him.'
  • ELTON
  • JOHN
  • &
  • DAVID
  • FURNISH___________________________________________________________________________Harrowing,
  • honest
  • and
  • funny,
  • this
  • is
  • the
  • candid
  • and
  • outrageous
  • memoir
  • of
  • a
  • life
  • of
  • extremes.
  • It's
  • a
  • story
  • of
  • getting
  • it
  • all
  • and
  • losing
  • it
  • all.
  • Addiction,
  • recovery,
  • and
  • starting
  • again.
  • Drawing
  • a
  • vivid
  • portrait
  • of
  • Britain's
  • street
  • culture
  • from
  • the
  • 1980s
  • to
  • the
  • noughties,
  • DJ
  • Fat
  • Tony
  • describes
  • his
  • childhood
  • on
  • a
  • London
  • estate
  • where
  • he
  • honed
  • his
  • petty
  • criminality,
  • was
  • abused
  • by
  • an
  • older
  • man
  • and
  • became
  • best
  • friends
  • with
  • Boy
  • George.
  • He
  • spent
  • his
  • teenage
  • years
  • parading
  • the
  • Kings
  • Road
  • in
  • his
  • latest
  • (mostly
  • stolen)
  • clobber,
  • worked
  • as
  • a
  • receptionist
  • at
  • a
  • brothel,
  • hung
  • out
  • with
  • Leigh
  • Bowery
  • and
  • Andy
  • Warhol,
  • and
  • created
  • his
  • drag
  • persona,
  • before
  • becoming
  • DJ
  • to
  • the
  • stars
  • (including
  • Prince
  • and
  • Madonna)
  • and
  • spiralling
  • into
  • a
  • life-threatening
  • drug
  • addiction.This
  • is
  • a
  • story
  • of
  • loss
  • and
  • redemption
  • and
  • living
  • to
  • tell
  • all
  • the
  • tales
  • in
  • glorious,
  • funny
  • and
  • often
  • heart-breaking
  • detail,
  • from
  • one
  • of
  • social
  • media's
  • best-loved
  • meme-thieves
  • and
  • the
  • world-renowned
  • DJ.___________________________________________________________________________'There
  • is
  • nobody
  • in
  • London,
  • let
  • alone
  • the
  • world
  • who
  • has
  • lived
  • a
  • more
  • extraordinary
  • life...
  • his
  • journey
  • from
  • villain
  • to
  • real
  • life
  • hero
  • is
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • beautiful
  • examples
  • of
  • humanity
  • I
  • have
  • ever
  • witnessed.
  • I
  • wouldn't
  • be
  • without
  • this
  • c*nt.'
  • KELLY
  • OSBOURNE'Hearing
  • Tony's
  • story
  • is
  • brutal
  • and
  • shocking.
  • He
  • is
  • nothing
  • short
  • of
  • a
  • miracle
  • and
  • his
  • willingness
  • to
  • be
  • of
  • service
  • to
  • others
  • seeking
  • sobriety
  • is
  • testament
  • to
  • how
  • far
  • he
  • has
  • come
  • from
  • the
  • days
  • of
  • pulling
  • his
  • own
  • teeth
  • out.'
  • MARC JACOBS
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