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Doherty fails to show for own launch
Thursday 22 June 2006
The Babyshambles frontman is due to release 20 volumes of poems, drawings, lyrics and personal reflections in the hardback book.
Doherty was supposed to appear at The Boogaloo pub in Highgate, London yesterday for the launch but never appeared.
Ian Preece, commissioning editor of Orion Books, said: "It's probably because Holland v Argentina is on. That's rock 'n' roll."
The book will feature Doherty's reflections on his early years, his time with The Libertines, his relationship with supermodel Kate Moss and his spells in rehab and in jail.
Speaking about the book, Preece said: "Some of it is very funny, some it is pretty dark. All of it is incredibly readable. It is intimate and honest stuff and a complete antidote to a lot of what you might have read about him."
Doherty said in a statement: "I am very happy to have a book coming out with Orion and to share a bookshelf with HG Wells, Ian Rankin and Stan Bowles."
"I've always wanted to have a book published and it's all very exciting for me personally," he said.
The book is due to be published in March 2007.
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