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Fri 05 May 2009'What people actually want is a book about me . . .'
His readers want to know more about his origins – and his publisher just wants him do some work – so ROSS O'CARROLL-KELLY has produced a biography. In this extract, his ghostwriter describes how Ross was persuaded to reveal the man behind the myth
ONE SUNDAY MORNING, it wasn’t too long ago, I paid €12 for a loaf of bread. It had caraway seeds in it. I sawed off two slices, ate one, picked at the other and three days later dumped what was left into the bin. I only mention it because telling your guilty tales of excess is suddenly in fashion. Everyone is at it. You’ve got to have a story that demonstrates how you, too, slightly lost the run of yourself during the good times.
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