Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Simon Napier-Bell, Svengali
Chris Bourke, Rip It Up (New Zealand), August 1988
SIMON NAPIER-BELL'S reputation has preceded him. He's used to that. "Some people are wary of me," he says. "So it's difficult to know what a good or bad reputation is."
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