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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER amp A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE
The story of a band thats always on the brink of stardom of madness of brilliance of disgrace Miranda Sawyer Observer
You begin to wonder why more biographies arent 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 Dont 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 countrys 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 jawdropping epic of creative insurrection narcotic excess mental illness wanderlust selfsabotage fractured masculinity and the ruthless pursuit of absolute art
Cowritten 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 that does not seek forgiveness This is the definitive account of Fat White Familys disgraceful and radiant jihad a depraved romantic and furious gesture of refusal to a sanitised era
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