Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure

Ten Thousand Apologies is a book about the notorious cult band Fat White Family, their creative insurrection, narcotic excess, mental illness, wanderlust, self-sabotage, fractured masculinity, and the ruthless pursuit of absolute art. It is co-written with lucidity and humor by singer Lias Saoudi and acclaimed author Adelle Stripe and is a rare thing: a music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional that does not seek forgiveness.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

The Sunday Times Bestseller & A Rough Trade Book of the Year 2022

Shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize




The story of a band that's always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace.


Miranda Sawyer, Observer

You begin to wonder why more biographies aren't tackled with such invention.


Record Collector

This book is a rarity.


Mark Lanegan

One of the finest music books in aeons.


Kevin Barry

A bruising, exhilarating read, which captures the nihilistic energy of this strange and brilliant band.


Independent

Destined to become a classic of the genre.


Louder Than War

A fastidious portrait of chaos, displacement, and bad acid.


Mojo

Music book of the year? Already? Don't bet against it.


Crack Magazine

Read it and writhe.


Spider Stacey

From the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, Ten Thousand Apologies is the sordid and thrilling story of the country's most notorious cult band, Fat White Family. Loved and loathed in equal measure since their formation in 2011, the relentlessly provocative, stunningly dysfunctional drug band with a rock problem have dedicated themselves to constant chaos and total creative freedom at all costs.


Like a tragicomic penny dreadful dreamed up by a mutant hybrid of Jean Genet, the Dadaists, and Mark E. Smith, the Fat Whites' story is a frequently jaw-dropping epic of creative insurrection, narcotic excess, mental illness, wanderlust, self-sabotage, fractured masculinity, and the ruthless pursuit of absolute art.


Co-written with lucidity and humour by singer Lias Saoudi and acclaimed author Adelle Stripe, Ten Thousand Apologies is that rare thing: a music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional as intimate as any diary.

Weight: 252g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474617857