{"product_id":"ten-thousand-apologies-fat-white-family-and-the-miracle-of-failure-paperback","title":"Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdelle Stripe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLias Saoudi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The story of a band that's always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace' \u003cb\u003eMiranda Sawyer, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You begin to wonder why more biographies aren't tackled with such invention' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecord Collector\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is a rarity' \u003cb\u003eMark Lanegan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the finest music books in aeons' \u003cb\u003eKevin Barry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, \u003ci\u003eTen Thousand Apologies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCo-written with lucidity and humour by singer Lias Saoudi and acclaimed author Adelle Stripe, \u003ci\u003eTen Thousand Apologies \u003c\/i\u003eis that 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. This is the definitive account of Fat White Family's disgraceful and radiant \u003ci\u003ejihad\u003c\/i\u003e - a depraved, romantic and furious gesture of refusal to a sanitised era.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdelle Stripe\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, poet and journalist. Her debut novel, BLACK TEETH AND A BRILLIANT SMILE, was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLias Saoudi\u003c\/b\u003e is the frontman in Fat White Family.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772436709664,"sku":"9781474617857","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4c56b08da624cfeb463b62232b7c92a2.webp?v=1780405641","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ten-thousand-apologies-fat-white-family-and-the-miracle-of-failure-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}