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    You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of NicoBy Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

    A ROUGH TRADE, MOJO, UNCUT & LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR

    A redemptive, myth-shattering biography of one of the twentieth century's most underestimated creative and artistic forces.'Here is the Odyssey of Nico . . . a scholarly and detailed chronicle of this brilliant artist, who was spurned and tortured for her trouble.'IGGY POP

    'At last, a comprehensive and compelling book about Nico.'VIV ALBERTINE

    'Absorbs from start to finish.'OBSERVER

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