The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29.

Random House confirmed Monday to The Associated Press that B次元官网网址淭he Beautiful OnesB次元官网网址� will combine a Prince unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics. First announced just weeks before his 2016 death, the 288-page book will include an introduction by Dan Piepenbring, whom Prince had chosen as a collaborator. The memoir is an exclusive partnership with the Prince Estate.

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B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址楾he Beautiful OnesB次元官网网址� is the deeply personal account of how Prince Rogers Nelson became the Prince we know: the real-time story of a kid absorbing the world around him and creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and the fame that would come to define him,B次元官网网址� Random House announced.

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Prince died three years ago, on April 21, from an accidental overdose of fentanyl at the age of 57. During a Manhattan nightclub appearance in March 2016, he told the audience that B次元官网网址淭he good people of Random House have made me an offer that I canB次元官网网址檛 refuse.B次元官网网址� He promised the book would start with his B次元官网网址渇irst memoryB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址渉opefullyB次元官网网址� continue to his rain-drenched Super Bowl halftime performance in 2007.

In 2018, literary agent Esther Newberg told Variety that Prince had completed more than 50 handwritten pages.

The bookB次元官网网址檚 editor, Chris Jackson, said in a statement that B次元官网网址淭he Beautiful OnesB次元官网网址� was B次元官网网址渁 beautiful tribute to his life.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 also much more than that: itB次元官网网址檚 a genuinely moving and energizing literary work, full of PrinceB次元官网网址檚 ideas and vision, his voice and image,B次元官网网址� said Jackson, whose other authors have included comedian Trevor Noah and Ta-Nehisi Coates. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a treasure not just for Prince fans but for anyone who wants to see one of our greatest creative artists and original minds at work on his greatest creation: himself.B次元官网网址�

The Associated Press

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