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A likely lad: Peter Doherty with Simon Spence.

A likely lad: Peter Doherty with Simon Spence.
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ISBN 9781408715475
Shelf Location B/DOH
Author Doherty, Pete, 1979- author.
Title A likely lad / Peter Doherty with Simon Spence.
Publication Details London ::
2022. Constable,,
©2022.
Collation xx, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, portraits ; ; 24 cm. ;
Contents Army brat -- Roots -- Comprehensive -- University -- Camden -- The Foundry -- Filthy's -- Banny -- Rough trade -- Up the bracket -- On the road -- America -- Burglar -- Wandsworth -- McGee -- The Libertines -- For lovers -- Babyshambles -- Kate -- Down in Albion -- High as a Kate -- Mick -- Mark Blanco -- Shotter's nation -- Sturmy -- Grace/Wastelands -- Robin -- Sequel to the prequel -- Anthems for doomed youth -- Puta madres.
Abstract/Summary Peter Doherty is the last of the great rock 'n' roll stories - maybe even the best ever rock 'n' roll story. Since his band The Libertines rose to international fame, he has proved endlessly fascinating, the subject of numerous books, documentaries, magazine articles, front-page newspaper headlines and TV news reports. This, for the first time, is his version of his story. As an icon Doherty is on a par with the early Rolling Stones and Sid Vicious as a bad boy and public enemy. Doherty reflects on his era-defining relationship with supermodel Kate Moss and the other significant women (and men) in his life. Doherty also talks poetry, Paris (where he spends much time), philosophy, books, politics, football (QPR), cars, managers, the music business and his key influences. There is humour, warmth, insight, baleful reflection and a defiant sense of triumph. There is harrowing detail and acknowledgement of the damage hard drugs have done - the endless litany of misdemeanours such as drink-driving, car theft, possession of heroin, crack and ketamine, robbery, hit-and-run and blackmail. Doherty's description of multiple stretches in jail, attempts at rehab, painful relapses, gruesome hospital emergencies, and estrangement from his family are eye-wateringly candid and free from self-pity. In a remarkable section, Doherty ruminates on his recent rapprochement with his father, a former Major in the British Army.
Subject Doherty, Pete, -- 1979-
Rock musicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
Autobiographies
Other Author Spence, Simon
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