{"product_id":"renegade","title":"Renegade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe only way to appreciate the legendary Mark E Smith is to encounter the man in his own words.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eRanting, raging, burning...relentlessly splenetic\u003c\/b\u003e, a long and sustained rant... \u003cb\u003emay also be the funniest music book ever written\u003c\/b\u003e'' - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eUnutterably funny\u003c\/b\u003e... a riot of aimings and blamings and score-settlings. Smith manages to have a right laff, and reveal himself as a figure of dazzling sociological import'' - \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands ever, their music - odd, spare, cranky and repetitious - an acknowledged influence on The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. And Mark E. Smith \u003cb\u003eIS\u003c\/b\u003e The Fall - 66 members came and went over the years yet he remained its charismatic leader until his death in 2018.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''If it''s me and yer granny on bongos, it''s The Fall.'' - Mark E. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark was a professional outsider and all-round enemy of compromise, a true enigma. There have been a number of biographies of the legendary Smith, but this is the first time he opened up in a full autobiography. For the first time we hear his full, candid take on the ups and downs of a band as notorious for its in-house fighting as for its great music; and on a life that endured prison in America, drugs, bankruptcy, divorce, and the often bleak results of a legendary thirst.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eRemarkable, brilliant. A provocative joy\u003c\/b\u003e. Smith''s rant gushes like a furious fountain of razor-sharp invective over his childhood and the early days of The Fall, relationships\/ marriage, the record industry\/ musicians and his views on everything from football to mobile phones, from drinking and drugs to driving, from books to bankruptcy, from Paul Morley to pubs. Unbeatable'' - \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''\u003cb\u003eEngrossing, exhausting, dense with fascinating detail\u003c\/b\u003e. As both memoir and cultural history, \u003ci\u003eRenegade\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable achievement'' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57303072932222,"sku":"NW9780141028668","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141028668.jpg?v=1778235585","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/renegade","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}