There’s a fascinating moral question at the heart of Griff Griffiths ‘I Was The King Of Spain.’ Is it possible to read a book highlighting a man’s mental illness not in a sympathetic manner but almost as a willing voyeur to his bad fortune? The more things that go awry in these pages in fact, the more you feel your eyes swiftly lighting up like fireflies.

Mental ill-health led author Griff to dramatically turn his rock 'n' roll lifestyle around - here he tells his story via a series of anecdotes which will leave you equally amazed and amused!

Griff was brought up in Croydon and in his teenage years he was part of the Croydon Punk and New Wave scene. In the 1980s he was a pop star in the band Strength (he had his own fan club) and led the rock ‘n roll lifestyle, complete with all its excesses.

Writing with a candour and honesty that makes his escapades totally compelling, the author takes his audience on a literary rollercoaster that prompts in them a raft of emotions – from astonishment to poignancy, and belly laugh guffaws to shedding a tear.

He seems to have been born to seek out the outlandish. In his imagination and in real life. He certainly admits to flights of fancy.