Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Prologue Sympathy for the Old Devil 1
Part 1 "The Blues is in Him"
1 India-Rubber Boy 13
2 The Kid in the Cardigan 39
3 "Very Bright, Highly Motivated Layabouts" 69
4 "Self-Esteem? He Didn't Have Any" 92
5 '"What a Cheeky Little Yob,' I Thought to Myself" 116
6 "We Spent a Lot of Time Sitting in Bed, Doing Crosswords" 143
7 "We Piss Anywhere, Man" 177
8 Secrets of the Pop Stars' Hideaway 208
9 Elusive Butterfly 242
10 "Mick Jagger and Fred Engels on Street Fighting" 267
Part 2 The Tyranny of Cool
11 "The Baby's Dead, My Lady Said" 297
12 Someday My Prince Will Come 324
13 The Balls of a Lion 356
14 "As Lethal as Last Week's Lettuce" 389
15 Friendship with Benefits 419
16 The Glamour Twins 449
17 "Old Wild Men, Waiting for Miracles" 474
18 Sweet Smell of Success 506
19 The Diary of a Nobody 523
20 Wandering Spirit 545
21 God Gave Me Everything 570
Postscript 599
Index 601