{"product_id":"lost-in-music-1","title":"Lost In Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e''In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost in Music is about growing up with pop music - about hearing it, buying it, loving it, and attempting to play it in public for money. A brilliant combination of the confessional and the unapologetic, this is a book for anyone who has ever treasured vinyl, or sung into a roll-on deodorant in front of the bedroom mirror and dreamed of playing Wembley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLost in Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Very, very funny . . . Giles Smith is a wonderful writer'' \u003cb\u003eNick Hornby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A wonderfully funny pop-music memoir . . . You don''t have to know who Nik Kershaw is to laugh out loud at the chapter about him'' \u003cb\u003eSebastian Faulks, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the best books about music that you will ever read . . . It is impossible to read Lost in Music without laughing out loud'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57405522313598,"sku":"NW9781804940297","price":10.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781804940297.jpg?v=1778682367","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/lost-in-music-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}