Lynn Barber

Nothing satisfies Madonna for very long

Her ‘rebel’ life, as told by Mary Gabriel, has been a frenzied churn of friends, lovers, mentors and collaborators, vital to her for a year or two and then discarded

Madonna in San Jose, California, during her Confessions on a Dance Floor tour, May 2006 [Getty Images]

  • Madonna: A Rebel Life

    Mary Gabriel

    Coronet, pp. 880, £35

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