<p><b>'The rock memoir of the decade' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><b></b><br><b>'The rock star's gloriously entertaining and candid memoir is a gift to the reader' <i>Sunday Times</i></b></p><p><b>In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the smash-hit film <i>Rocketman</i>. The result is <i>Me</i> - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time.</b><br><b>______________</b></p><p>Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again.</p><p>His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.</p><p>In <i>Me</i> Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living legend.<br><b>______________</b></p><p><b>'Self-deprecating, funny . . . You cannot help but enjoy his company throughout, temper tantrums and all' <i>The Times</i></b></p><p><b>'Racy, pacy and crammed with scurrilous anecdotes - what more could you ask from the rocket man' <i>Guardian</i> (Book of the Week)</b><br><b></b><br><b></b><b>'Chatty, gossipy, amusing and at times brutally candid' <i>Telegraph</i></b></p>