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THE MAN BEHIND THE BOOK

IT’S the best-selling non-fiction book of all time and the most spoken about and controversial memoir to grace the globe in decades.

Thanks to Spare, we know all about Harry’s frostbitten “todger”, how he lost his virginity and his fractious relationship with his famous family. It’s Harry’s book about Harry’s escapades and Harry’s deepest, darkest thoughts – but the truth is he didn’t write it.

That accolade goes to JR Moehringer, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and one of the most respected ghost writers in the business. And a ghost he all but remains when it comes to Spare.

When publisher Penguin Random House announced the memoir was forthcoming, there was one name “conspicuously” left off the press release, writer

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