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Author:	Austin Collings
Co-authors:	Mark E. Smith
Title:	Renegade
Subtitle:	The Lives And Tales Of Mark E. Smith
Publisher:	Penguin
Country:	UK
Date:	2009
Format:	Paperback
Class Number:	782.421660922
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Biography, Music
ISBN13 / Barcode:	9780141028668
First Published:	2008
Rating:	9.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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nboldock 5th Jan 2017		Finished reading this last night (a Xmas prezzie from my young lady - extra special cos we met when we were both in a leftfield poetry/writing group called Renegade Writers...nice touch I thought). It's great. Not really a biography, more a stream-of-consciousness ramble through Smith's life and work. It's what you'd expect, really! Naturally he doesn't give a shit who he offends (Marc Riley gets a savaging, and he blasts a number of ex-Fall members in the first two pages alone, one of whom he calls "daft c***", and that's in the first chapter) but it's not just crazed vitriol or one long grudge (though he has plenty of those) - there are some fascinating insights into Smith's songwriting processes and musical tastes, and some bizarre asides (such as a sudden and unexpected summary of his favourite Orson Welles films). Technically, it's all over the place, but it's a stonking read all the same... and you can't help but love the mad bastard. Recommended. Incidentally in the inner page, the book is credited to "Austin Collings with Mark E. Smith" and Smith mentions a ghost writer in the text (this really isn't an ordinary biography) so I've given Austin chief billing, even though he's not on the cover.

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