Take That – Now and Then: Inside the Biggest Comeback in British Pop History
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Martin Roach is the owner of IMP, an independent biography and new fiction publishing house. He has written over 65 biographies on a wide range of celebrities such as David Beckham, Take That, Robbie Williams, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, the latter being a top ten bestseller. He was also the ghost writer of Westlife’s no. 1 best-selling autobiography.
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