Moon Over America
Tony Fletcher, Omnibus Books, 1998
An extract from Dear Boy: The Life Of Keith Moon, by Tony Fletcher, first published by Omnibus Press in 1998. (616pp, currently available in the UK in softback at £14.99 and in the US, published by Harper Collins, at $16)
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Total word count of piece: 6866
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