I Don't Take Requests: WINNER OF THE ATTITUDE AWARD 'If you want to change your life...read this book.' TRACEY EMIN

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It seemed to come straight from the heart and he had me laughing out loud, then in complete shock and then being in tears.

Firstly I’m glad that no matter how Tony tried to self sabotage, that the universe had a different purpose for him - to share his story. Now, he is 16 years sober and, alongside working to help others overcome addiction, DJing for everyone from Elton John to Louis Vuitton and the Beckhams - and running one of lockdown's most popular Instagram accounts with its wickedly funny memes. Here he tells the most extraordinary stories of depravity and hedonism, of week-long benders and extreme self-destruction—and of recovery, redemption, friendship and the joy of a good tune. Even though the purchase didn’t go quite as planned the communication was great and dealt with in a very professional manner. This book really opened my eyes on so many issues, and I felt very emotional at several points hearing his stories.I wanted to read Tony’s book as I was around on the London club scene at the same time that some of the contents of this book took place, and knew Tony through friends of friends from Trade, DTPM, Cafe de Paris etc. He is nothing short of a miracle and his willingness to be of service to others seeking sobriety is testament to how far he has come from the days of pulling his own teeth out. Also the full turning of the circle with sobriety and Tony now sponsoring other addicts through their journey is a fitting end, as what appears to be a spiritual life now. If you’ve ever been that person - the one still leaning on someone’s kitchen counter at 7am, desperate to cling onto the last dregs of a party - the person who doesn’t want to go home, who can’t even sit with themselves for a second.

His sense of humour which is laced throughout the book, really helps the reader navigate these difficult topics, whilst never cheapening any of the sensitive points he makes.They really hit hard at the start, but there's only so many drug fueled tales I can listen to, especially ones where he comes across as a real *nice word for ****. From his childhood on an estate in Battersea where he honed his petty criminality, was abused by an older man and made friends with Boy George, to his teenage years spent parading the Kings Road in his latest (stolen) clobber, working as a receptionist for a prostitute, hanging out with Leigh Bowery and Sue Tilley and creating his drag persona, to his life as DJ to the stars and his spiral into serious drug addiction. I strongly advise you read this book' TRACEY EMINAs one of club culture's most notorious - and best loved - figures, Tony is a complete force of nature.

I've read books before where the author comes across as unlikeable, but that's always been unintentional.Towards the end of the book, Tony talks about how he still likes to sometimes portray himself as an unlikeable person (not exactly the word he uses. This is a story of loss and redemption and living to tell all the tales in glorious, funny and often heart-breaking detail, from one of social media's best-loved meme-thieves and the world-renowned DJ.

I Don’t Take Requests is Fat Tony’s breathtakingly candid and outrageous memoir of a life of extremes. This is a story that should never have been told' KATE MOSS 'If you want to change your life but can't. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the Heartstopper series. Yep, so that pretty graphic opening sentence tells you straight off the bat that DJ Fat Tony is not holding back when it comes to telling his story. A messy drug affair led to a spell in rehab, and he has since enjoyed a renaissance in life, becoming one of fashion's favourite acts as Vogue's resident DJ, and Donatella Versace and Victoria Beckham's go-to party guy.

He has played for everyone from Prince to Madonna, and club-hopped his way through the '90s with friends such as George Michael, Neneh Cherry and Kate Moss. From his HIV diagnosis in the 1990s to a heart-breaking incident in his childhood, he’s been through so much. The million copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and. Tony's antics are the kind that were really only possible in the era just preceding omnipresent social media.