Slowhand

Definitive biography of Eric Clapton, from the author of "Shout!", capturing the nuances and contradictions of the musical legend who once described himself as 'an egomaniac with an inferiority complex'.

Philip Norman was born in London and brought up on the Isle of Wight. He joined the Sunday Times at twenty-two, soon gaining a reputation as Atticus columnist and for his profiles of figures as diverse as Elizabeth Taylor, Little Richard and Colonel Gaddafi. Author of the UK and US bestseller Shout!, he has also written the definitive lives of Paul McCartney, Buddy Holly, Mick Jagger, Elton John and John Lennon.