OK, clue time
1. Read the book. Or download it off e-donkey

2.
It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you
Without a strong rhyme to step to
Think of how many weak shows you slept through
Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you
Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss
The rhymes from the microphone soloist
And you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon
As you hear it, pump up the volume
10. His son's called Gash, his best friend's called Jamesie, and his wife's called Mary.
And he lives in Govan