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Eric Clapton: The Autobiography

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Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records, played sell-out concerts all over the world and been central to the significant musical developments of his era. His guitar playing has seen him hailed as 'God'. Now for the first time, Eric tells the story of his personal and professional journeys in this pungent, witty and painfully honest autobiography.

These are the memoirs of a survivor, someone who has reached the pinnacle of success, who has had it all, but whose demons have never left him. Eric tells his story as it is, hiding nothing, with a directness and searing honesty that will make this book one of the most compelling memoirs of our time.

Critics Review

Eric Clapton has produced a gem of a rock memoir, in which he lays bare the painful roots of his music. Clapton speaks honestly and touchingly not only about the external course of his life but of what music has meant to him. That makes it much the best of this season's rock memoirs. Clapton delivers himself profoundly. It's extremely moving.
Evening Standard
Clapton relates what happened with painful honesty. In other rock stars, such plump contentment might seem hypocritical, even vulgar. But with Eric Clapton, you feel that a little comfort is the least he deserves.
Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday (4 star review)
This is an essential read
Observer
It's a raw and remarkable piece of self-exposure
Daily Telegraph
It is a pity more autobiograophers don't have Clapton's grounding in the blues.
Sunday Times
His story is certainly deserving of telling. What sets this book apart is Clapton's sheer stature. His tale is frank, witty and engaging. Worth a read.
News of the World
This is a gripping read
Observer
Eric Clapton: The Autobiography is nail-biting, white-knuckle stuff
Tatler
An inspiring story of struggle, setback and redemption, The early chapters bring vividly alive the mood and music of the times, and the young Clapton cuts a deceptively sympathetic figure: an idealist, dedicated to maintaining the 'purity' of his music; modest about his talents, candid about his professional jealousies, his shyness, his sexual insecurities.
Telegraph
Clapton's book is a candid, almost confessional look back on a starry life. This is a compelling, down-to-earth document of the man behind the guitar-hero mask.
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Author Eric Clapton
Narrator Bill Nighy
Duration 5 hours and 24 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781846576355
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Composers and songwriters, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Popular music
Availability AU, GB, IE

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