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Adele touches the hearts of millions of people who love her for her music and share the honest emotion she brings to each and every song. In a cynical age, she is a phenomenon. In Adele, Smith talks to those close to her as he follows her astonishing journey to fame. Through compelling new research and interviews, he reveals that there is far more to Adele than the superstar we all think we know.

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Sean Smith is the UK´s leading celebrity biographer whose bestselling books have been translated throughout the world. His subjects include J.K. Rowling, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston, Victoria Beckham and Cheryl Cole. Described by the Independent as a ´fearless chronicler´, he specializes in meticulous research leaving his West London home to go ´on the road´ to find the real person behind the star image.

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