{"product_id":"ten-thousand-apologies-fat-white-family-and-the-miracle-of-failure-9781474617857","title":"Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eTen 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. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 23 February 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e Bestseller \u0026amp; A Rough Trade Book of the Year 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of a band that's always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiranda Sawyer, Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou begin to wonder why more biographies aren't tackled with such invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecord Collector\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a rarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Lanegan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the finest music books in aeons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bruising, exhilarating read, which captures the nihilistic energy of this strange and brilliant band.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestined to become a classic of the genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouder Than War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fastidious portrait of chaos, displacement, and bad acid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMojo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusic book of the year? Already? Don't bet against it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrack Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead it and writhe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpider Stacey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 252g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 x 198 x 22 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781474617857\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adelle Stripe,Lias Saoudi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097820328186,"sku":"9781474617857","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1677247186928_book.jpg?v=1677397992","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/ten-thousand-apologies-fat-white-family-and-the-miracle-of-failure-9781474617857","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}