Richard - Brossura

Myers, Ben

Brossura

ISBN 10: 033051704X ISBN 13: 9780330517041

Casa editrice: Pan Macmillan, 2011

Riassunto

A captivating, hauntingly sad story of music, madness, and the Manic Street Preachers, this is a dazzlingly written fictionalized account of the lead singer's tortured life

Richard has everything to live for, but it doesn't feel that way to himnot as long as he has a voice in his head telling him he'd be better off dead. The one thing that might save him is that he's in an increasingly successful band; but the demons that nag him won't be persuaded. In February 1995, Richey Edwards checked out of a London hotel instead of flying to the U. S. with the rest of the Manic Street Preachers. There were a few subsequent sightings but then nothing. His body was never found, and he was declared legally dead in November 2008. NowRichard tells the story of his lifeand disappearanceas he might have told it; set in the 1980s and 1990s, it's a compelling, tragic account of one man's battle with his own worst enemyhimself.

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'What is sure is Myers' skill for storytelling; the absence of any cynicism, a certain hypnotic meditative pace he successfully employs that draws you in as the novel progresses and a mood of melancholic nostalgia, a tantalising nostalgia for a time not long passed but gone forever' 3:AM Magazine

'A novel for our celebrity-obsessed age, a thorough investigation - written in beautiful prose - of a young man suicided or disappeared by society. From life in a small town to sex, drugs and rock and roll excess, Ben Myers' Richard slashes and burns its way through the bloated beigeness of the contemporary British novel' Bookmunch.com

'It's not uncommon to hear someone say something to the effect of, “There’s no such thing as a good rock and roll novel” - the next time you hear someone say this, point them towards this book' Bookslut

'Extraordinary' Daily Mirror

'This moving, tender novel tells the story of a lost boy adrift in a world that he can't make sense of . . . Myers' recreation of Edward's life is sensitively handled - an exploration of a troubled, articulate man who was shy and withdrawn' Marie Claire

'There are moments of haunting poetry' Metro

'A work of fiction that bears a convincing ring of truth' Mojo

'Myers' true service to the story is humanising the icon by portraying Edwards outside his common context. Offstage, alone, and out of sight, Richard is fully imagined. Some descriptions of the landscape are so fresh you can smell the moss' TheQuietus.com

'It's a brilliant book and I loved it' Sun

'Never once is there a dropped beat. Myers understands the reactionary nature of the post-punk diktat, the people it attracts and its importance to lives given up to it' The Times

Descrizione del libro:

A story of music, madness and the Manic Street Preachers

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• Editore: Pan Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 033051704X
• ISBN 13: 9780330517041
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 397