Near fine condition.Faber & Faber,1999.First edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1).Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick/dent on the edge of the front cover) with Dj(some creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings.The book is new with a couple ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges of the pages,light shelf wear on the back of the Dj cover.346pp including List of illustrations,foreword,afterword,notes,index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: This is the story of Christopher Logue, poet and literary maverick, who counted Ken Russell, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe among his friends. It tells of his South England childhood, his stint in the army, the years in Paris, offending T.S. Eliot and everything else, all in his own words.