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‘A blistering, hedonistic rock ‘n’ roll party of a story, it is written with brio and self-deprecating laughs’ * Big Issue *
‘One of the most amazing, high octane, hedonistic morality tales of our time … An absolutely essential read’ – Irvine Welsh
‘Jaw-dropping’ * Independent on Sunday *
‘This is the story of a rapping duo who enjoyed one of the most ludicrous careers in the modern music industry … A right rollicking read, with lots of sex and drugs and wild, wild times’ * Daily Mail *
‘This story is like Robin Hood for the 21st century and will sit alongside all the great rock ‘n’ roll stories in history’ – Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records
‘You can’t put this book down! It’s got echoes of Trainspotting, Fight Club and A Clockwork Orange, but it’s not fiction – it’s real’ – Dean Cavanagh, creator of Svengali
‘Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd probably persuaded themselves that the fib they chose to tell was the kind of white lie that would harm no one, least of all themselves. But it was to break up their friendship, alienate countless other friends, humiliate the British music industry and drive one of them to the brink of suicide’ * Scotsman *

Gavin Bain is a musician, a writer, and a conman. He has worked as a telesales man, a shop assistant, a waiter, a barman in a strip club, an actor, an escort agent, a construction worker, a graphic designer, a signed musician, and a professional conman. He has experienced extreme highs and lows, losing and regaining everything. Despite being a hypochondriac, an insomniac, and having briefly lived as a hermit, he has achieved many things, including touring with some of the biggest artists in the world. Gavin’s story has inspired a documentary and a feature film produced by SilverApples Media in Dublin, with Irvine Welsh contracted to write the screenplay.

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