Stand and Deliver: The Autobiography by Adam Ant
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
As an alcoholic from a long line of nutters and jakeys (some of whom were sectioned), I’m always interested to hear someone elses story. And with Mr Ant having had a lot of his difficulties played out in public, I thought it would be worthwhile to hear his perspective on his inner turmoil. Sadly, this wasn’t to be.
Unfortunately, like many other celebrities he comes across as a very shallow and selfish person, with little insight into what makes him tick. Many was the time during my reading of this book that I could hear my deid Dad offering to “fit him up the erse”. A not entirely happy childhood followed by a reasonably rapid rise to fame. Hits, sell out tours, film roles. So what’s the problem?
He doesn’t know, and it would appear that none of the many highly paid professional he has had access to (unlike us NHS monkeys), seem to know either. It gets two stars for the manner in which he writes about his childhood and family, which is the only part of the book where I had an iota of sympathy and empathy for him.
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