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Touching, personal, indomitable, but always laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian is the legendary story of one of the rock world's best-loved performers - and the many lives he's led

'Both a rollicking tale of rock's bygone glory days and a deeply human account of a…

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Another musical non-fiction book. I'm a huge fan of AC/DC, and even had a picture of Brian Johnson and Angus Young hand-drawn by a fantastic artist for my study, so reading this was always on my list. Brian is a Geordie (from Newcastle) and he has that earthy, working class humour that shines through every page of this book. I laughed out loud more than once while reading it. Not only is he a great singer and a funny guy, he's also a fine writer who knows how to tell an entertaining story. I tried to read his earlier book…

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