About the book: 1999 / He was born in poverty and hopelessness - and rose to the heights of stardom. His life had everything - brilliance and luxury, the joy of victory and the pain of betrayal, struggle and success. He loved the most beautiful women. I was deceiving. Was deceived. He stepped over other people's lives - and, if necessary, through himself. This is the story of CC McCarthy - a great singer, a dashing playboy, a man who paid a very high price for wealth and fame…