About the book: 1998 / ...Which is better - stellar popularity, life under the flashes of cameras, the roar of a crowd of fans ready to lift them to the skies and tear them to shreds, or an unknown but calm existence? After reading this book, you are unlikely to find a definite answer. The life of Gordon Sumner, known to everyone as Sting, is a complex interweaving of happiness and sorrow, victories and failures, reasonable decisions and absurd actions. From this book the reader will learn many previously unknown details from Sting's life, which will undoubtedly help to better understand his music. The book will be of interest to both music lovers and a wide range of readers.