Sex and drugs and rock ‘n’ roll on an epic scale inform these vivid confessional pages. The indie icon reveals all with wit, honesty and attitude.

From Albion to Shangri-La recounts the wildest years of Doherty’s career (2008 – 2013): he candidly describes the excesses of life on the road with the Libertines and Babyshambles and rejoices in anecdotes from the seamier sides of London and Paris (where he was living some of the time); but here, too, are soul-searching monologues on the battle with addiction he would eventually win, his turbulent love life and his troubled family relationships.

For the first time, with this book, Peter Doherty reveals himself to be an excellent diarist with a whimsical, distinctly poetic style.