The Books of Albion Entertainment & Holiday Cooking After finding a painted turtle

After finding a painted turtle figurine

he will have transformed into a modern

who single-handedly saved Amsterdam's Diamond cache from the Nazis

A flamboyant

as he falls in love with both mother and child

The Books of Albion Entertainment & Holiday Cooking After finding a painted turtleCult rock star Pete Doherty reveals himself and the sources of his inspiration as never before in this collection of personal journals from his early days in London. The journals are reproduced just as he wrote them, in his own handwriting, complete with poems, drawings, photo collages, and song lyrics. In sharp distinction to his tabloid image, this is the candid self portrait of a young poet with serious artistic ambitionssoon to rise to