Most people will do a double-take on hearing the premise of your new book – it’s such a novel idea that Charles Dickens and Prince are from the same mould.
Well, I didn’t worry too much about someone coming out with the same book just before mine.
Have you always been a Prince fan?
I was aware of him from the first album onwards and then I went to see him at this incredible show at Wembley Arena in the mid-80s, a sort of funk review with 15 people on stage and no gaps between the songs, one segued into another. It was extraordinary, and that turned me into a complete devotee.
