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'I love @RevRichardColes SO MUCH' Caitlin Moran FATHOMLESS RICHES is the Reverend Richard Coles's warm, witty and wise memoir in which he divulges with searing honesty and intimacy his pilgrimage from a rock-and-roll life of sex and drugs in the Communards to one devoted to God and Christianity. The result is one of the most unusual and readable life stories of recent times, and has the power to shock as well as to console.

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One of the most immensely readable - and redeemable - memoirs of the year. His book is an engaging account of eccentricity, curiosity and a profound spiritual journey. I give it a screamingly camp, happy-clappy thumbs up -- Helen Davies SUNDAY TIMES Sex, drugs, death, religion, more sex, many more deaths - it has got it all. Like a sparkling old style chasuble worn by a Spanish priest, it is difficult to ignore -- Chris Bryant GUARDIAN He writes with charm and erudition and his take on 1980s Britain is fascinating -- Virginia Blackburn SUNDAY EXPRESS Beautifully written, disarmingly frank and utterly charming -- James Delingpole MAIL ON SUNDAY Richard's devastating honesty makes his journey from gay pop-star to celibate parish priest comprehensible even to atheists -- Linda Grant ..one of the most readable memoirs of 2014. -- Helen Davies THE SUNDAY TIMES - Books of the Year 2014 Richard Coles has achieved a rare thing in writing an astonishingly honest autobiography, which, alongside the sex and drugs, presents Christian faith in a way that will surely be invitingly intriguing to an audience well beyond the church. ..An immensely enjoyable memoir, whether a reader's primary interest is the music industry, the impact of AIDS, the Church of England, or a wonderfully Anglican combination of all three. -- The Revd Christopher Landau CHURCH TIMES

One of the most immensely readable - and redeemable - memoirs of the year. His book is an engaging account of eccentricity, curiosity and a profound spiritual journey. I give it a screamingly camp, happy-clappy thumbs up - SUNDAY TIMES Sex, drugs, death, religion, more sex, many more deaths - it has got it all. Like a sparkling old style chasuble worn by a Spanish priest, it is difficult to ignore - GUARDIAN Beautifully written, disarmingly frank and utterly charming - MAIL ON SUNDAY Richard's devastating honesty makes his journey from gay pop-star to celibate parish priest comprehensible even to atheists

One of the most immensely readable - and redeemable - memoirs of the year. His book is an engaging account of eccentricity, curiosity and a profound spiritual journey. I give it a screamingly camp, happy-clappy thumbs up -- Helen Davies SUNDAY TIMES Sex, drugs, death, religion, more sex, many more deaths - it has got it all. Like a sparkling old style chasuble worn by a Spanish priest, it is difficult to ignore -- Chris Bryant GUARDIAN He writes with charm and erudition and his take on 1980s Britain is fascinating -- Virginia Blackburn SUNDAY EXPRESS Beautifully written, disarmingly frank and utterly charming -- James Delingpole MAIL ON SUNDAY Richard's devastating honesty makes his journey from gay pop-star to celibate parish priest comprehensible even to atheists -- Linda Grant

One of the most immensely readable - and redeemable - memoirs of the year. His book is an engaging account of eccentricity, curiosity and a profound spiritual journey. I give it a screamingly camp, happy-clappy thumbs up. -- Helen Davies THE SUNDAY TIMES Sex, drugs, death, religion, more sex, many more deaths - it has got it all. Like a sparkling old style chasuble worn by a Spanish priest, it is difficult to ignore. -- Chris Bryant THE GUARDIAN He writes with charm and erudition and his take on 1980s Britain is fascinating. -- Virginia Blackburn SUNDAY EXPRESS ..beautifully written, disarmingly frank and utterly charming biography... -- James Delingpole MAIL ON SUNDAY

One of the most immensely readable - and redeemable - memoirs of the year. His book is an engaging account of eccentricity, curiosity and a profound spiritual journey. I give it a screamingly camp, happy-clappy thumbs up. -- Helen Davies THE SUNDAY TIMES Sex, drugs, death, religion, more sex, many more deaths - it has got it all. Like a sparkling old style chasuble worn by a Spanish priest, it is difficult to ignore. -- Chris Bryant THE GUARDIAN He writes with charm and erudition and his take on 1980s Britain is fascinating. -- Virginia Blackburn SUNDAY EXPRESS ..beautifully written, disarmingly frank and utterly charming biography... -- James Delingpole MAIL ON SUNDAY Richard's devastating honesty makes his journey from gay pop-star to celibate parish priest comprehensible even to atheists. LINDA GRANT

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THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES is a writer, broadcaster and an Anglican priest. He co-presented Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 for a number of years and appears, from time to time, on QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie To You? He has won Christmas MasterChef, Celebrity Mastermind twice, and captained Leeds to victory in Christmas University Challenge in 2019. A contestant on Strictly Come Dancing (2017) and a third place finalist on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2024) he exhibits huge bravery. He writes regularly for the Sunday Times, and is the author of half a dozen books, including a bestselling autobiography, Fathomless Riches, and the bereavement bestseller The Madness of Grief, written after the death of his partner, David Coles. The first three books in the Canon Clement series have all been No.1 Sunday Times bestsellers.

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