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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.
ISBN/EAN | 9781529389470 |
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Author | Tony Marnoch, Michael Hennegan |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Imprint | Coronet |
Publication date | 25 May 2023 |
Format | Paperback |