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Giles Smith

Lost in Music

The classic laugh-out-loud memoir

Giles Smith

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English
Penguin (Cornerstone)
24 October 2023
Rock & Pop music; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs; Music industry; Humour
A hilarious memoir and modern classic of trying to make it as a rock star, perfect for fans of High Fidelity and Daisy Jones & the Six

'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.'

Lost 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.

Praise for Lost in Music

'Very, very funny . . . Giles Smith is a wonderful writer' Nick Hornby

'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' Sebastian Faulks, Spectator

'One of the best books about music that you will ever read . . . It is impossible to read Lost in Music without laughing out loud' Daily Telegraph
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Imprint:   Penguin (Cornerstone)
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   245g
ISBN:   9781804940297
ISBN 10:   1804940291
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  ELT Advanced ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Giles Smith was the keyboard player in a pop group called the Cleaners from Venus. His failure to make it as a musician was the topic of Lost in Music, which was a bestseller on first publication in the nineties and received rave reviews - some calling it one of the best books about music you will ever read. Giles Smith still plays music and is planning a comeback with a new supergroup. He has written for the Independent, the New Yorker, the Sunday Times and The Times and was named Sports Columnist of the Year.

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