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lf you believe in the impOrtance of nurture over nature. then it's fair to say that someone with a mother who frequently attempted suicide and ate her father's ashes. and an absent alcoholic father. didn't stand much of a chance. Sebastian Horsley's life since childhood has been a bumpy ride. including forays into prostitution (as both employer and employee). befriending gangsters. heroin and crack addiction. and. in 2000. his voluntary crucifixion used as the basis for an art piece. The memoirs of the artist. columnist and self-confessed dandy are as excruciatingly funny as they are honest. with a wit and self-deprecation that come from making it out the other side. but he had to fall from his cross first to achieve that. I , -