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Pete Doherty: Last of the Rock Romantics

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I expected this to be a little boring considering that the guy who wrote it...well is a geezer. Forwarded by his Mom, and then that was going to turn me off.

I came around and bought a used copy.

I was looking more for info about the history of the songs, and found a little tidbits, but a lot of stories are in other books already published. Still a decent read, especially if you follow and support Peter Doherty as an artist.

I am not sure if he authorized it or not.

I enjoyed the beginning, which features some nice detail about Pete's upbringing and childhood, with snippets from former classmates and friends. There were a few things in the book that I've never read in other books on Pete/ The Libertines.

However, I immediately noticed one glaring error: the author got Pete's birthdate wrong. How you write a book about someone and don't get their birthday correct, I don't know. I also don't know how this managed to slip by Pete's mom, who wrote the foreword to the book. And, a few of the details (chronicling specific events/ incidents) conflicted with those I've read in other books (which were direct quotes from the other Libertines.) If you are familiar with the Libertines/ Doherty saga, this book will probably offer little more than you already knew.

Still, a good read and I don't regret buying it.