Is That it

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Bob Geldof formed Band Aid orchestrated Live Aid and is the driving force behind Live 8 He has rallied the forces of rock performers all over the world and inspired millions to raise millions for the starving in Africa He has met with world leaders and demanded that they change their aid policies He has travelled in Africa and seen famine first-hand and he has overseen the disbursement of the millions that Band Aid has raised In this vividly honest autobiography written with wit candour and characteristic energy Geldof recounts his extraordinary childhood in Dublin and schooldays that were both horrifying and funny He describes the origins of New Wave music and the beginnings triumphs and eventual eclipse of the Boomtown Rats He writes of his years with Paula Yates the formation of Band Aid and its achievements and he writes of his hopes for the future Widely admired Bob Geldof is nonetheless ferociously independent and remains the most charismatic and controversial public figure in Britain today 'It's terrific sheer Geldof direct loud-mouthed honest button-holing obscene compassionate compelling Everyone over thirteen should read it' Hunter Davies Evening Standard 'He is funny frank and often four-lettered - but never boring' Financial Times 'Plenty of bright rebellious style-setting charismatic young men have swilled and fornicated but not many of them have had the urge to kiss the wounded' Clive James Observer '(It) shows that by a combination of charm loquaciousness and irrevocable moral certainty a wayward catholic hand-reared boy can shift the world on its axis' Sunday Times