#6 SECRET BOOK - Memoir | Pop Culture

Dear reader,
In 1989, standing in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, this 27-year-old author finally realized he had failed in his mission to become Sting. This memoir follows his journey from a teenage fan waiting for Marc Bolan to a keyboardist in a band, exploring the "trivia and stupidity" of being a music obsessive.

Genre: Humorous Memoir / Pop Culture

Vibe: For anyone who has ever sung into a hairbrush or obsessively alphabetized their record collection

Keywords: 80s Pop, Vinyl Obsession, Failed Rock Star, Coming of Age, Laugh-Out-Loud

Relatable Obsession: It captures the specific madness of music fans, from searching for records that don't exist to the trauma of moving in with someone and deciding whose duplicates to keep.

Pure Comedy: Often compared to Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, critics have called it "bowel-voidingly funny" and one of the best books about music ever written.

Deeply Human: Beyond the jokes, it touches on personal details like the author's relationship with his father and his struggle with Hodgkin's disease, all through the prism of the songs he was hearing at the time.

Bookshelf: Music
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.8/5
Book condition: Good

Wrapping: Found&Reused. Brown paper, poster paint and pen on foolscap paper. Crazy red raffia. Inspired and totally robbed art from Yoshitomo Nara.