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Book SynopsisPaolo Hewitt grew up in care in Woking in the 1960s and 70s, an experience he chronicled in his acclaimed memoir, The Looked After Kid. He moved to London in 1980 to become a music journalist and worked for
Melody Maker and
NME. In the early 1990s Paolo gave up full-time journalism to write his first novel,
Heaven's Promise. He has since written biographies of The Jam, The Small Faces, Oasis and Steve Marriott. He lives in London.
Trade ReviewPowerful and even emotional ... probably one of the best books about what it's like to be a Famous Person's Friend. And it's almost certainly the definitive Weller biography. * The Word *
Fascinating... Hewitt pries into the dark corners of a personality that has long been kept under lock and key. * Guardian *
A one-off... an intimate picture of a seemingly arrogant man * Metro *
