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I Don't Take Requests: WINNER OF THE ATTITUDE AWARD 'If you want to change your life...read this book.' TRACEY EMIN

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I laughed out loud, I cried, I re listened to some chapters which really resonated (and struck a nerve, and I’ll probably listen to it again!

I've read books before where the author comes across as unlikeable, but that's always been unintentional.It's not a literary masterpiece, and I'd question if you came away from it even liking him as a person, but it's enjoyable, and it stayed with me for a while. From Freddie Mercury giving him his first line of cocaine in Heaven nightclub to starting a DJ duo ‘Fat Moss’ with Kate Moss, his stories are so captivating. They really hit hard at the start, but there's only so many drug fueled tales I can listen to, especially ones where he comes across as a real *nice word for ****. I’d had thirty years of destruction, and just survival, and there’s a big difference between surviving and living.

I Don't Take Requests takes its name from the industry-known fact that Fat Tony does not take requests for songs under any circumstances and despite the creative's infamous brash attitude, the book gets brutally honest. His sense of humour which is laced throughout the book, really helps the reader navigate these difficult topics, whilst never cheapening any of the sensitive points he makes.Around a third of the way through I was losing interest in his hedonistic stories which all started to sound similar. This book really opened my eyes on so many issues, and I felt very emotional at several points hearing his stories. 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. If you’ve ever been that person - the one still leaning on someone’s kitchen counter at 7am, desperate to cling onto the last dregs of a party - the person who doesn’t want to go home, who can’t even sit with themselves for a second.

I Don’t Take Requests is Fat Tony’s breathtakingly candid and outrageous memoir of a life of extremes. At multiple points throughout Fat Tony comes across as extremely unlikeable yet somehow (possibly as a result of many years of therapy and making amends) has me rooting for him the whole way through. We’ve heard all about troublesome Tony, but the beauty of this book is hearing about the hard work he’s put into himself and others. Everyone loves a memoir, especially one where the details are extra juicy, offering the latest in fashion gossip. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees.

Few people have crammed so many lives into one: when your first line of cocaine is aged 16 with Freddie Mercury, where do you go from there? Whether you're looking for some textbooks for university, the latest biography or a travel guide - you'll find what you need in our categories.

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