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Mystery Train
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£20.00 £19.00"A biography of a continent as much as it’s music, Marcus’s best book is a hymn to America."
England's Dreaming
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My Rock 'n' Roll Friend
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£16.98 £16.13"Essentially a book about friendship and about female camaraderie, Thorn strips away all the sexism and all the male rock jokery to reveal something sensitive about creative talent."
This Is Memorial Device
David Keenan
£9.99 £9.49"Keenan is a genius, and he gets to the fandom and group wisdom of post-punk like nobody else."
Kill Your Friends
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£8.99 £8.54"Hilarious account of life in the music biz. Properly perverse."
Sweet Dreams: From Club Culture to Style Culture, the Story of the New Romantics
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Revolution In The Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties
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£11.99 £11.39"Such intelligence on display about The Beatles and the whole period. A close reading and an indispensable one. "