I Don't Take Requests
WINNER OF THE ATTITUDE AWARD 'If you want to change your life...read this book.' TRACEY EMIN
Tony Marnoch ; Michael Hennegan
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- CONTAINS
- NEW
- MATERIAL
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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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