'Reams of stuff have been written about me in the past, but never in my own words: this is the proper one' - Mark E. Smith. Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands, their music - odd, spare, cranky and circular - an acknowledged influence on The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. And Mark E. Smith is The Fall. For the first time we get to 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 has endured prison in America, drugs, bankruptcy, divorce and the often bleak results of a legendary thirst.
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Non-Fiction: "Persian Fire" by Tom Holland springs to mind. I'm not going to pontificate; buy it read it!
Fiction: "The Poison in the Blood" also by Tom Holland a novella and very quick read but highly entertaining.
(Both paperback editions, so not sure when 1st (hardback) editions were published).
That's just the two that sprang immediately to mind: books I fucking love 'em! Cheers bobmo! (I may well have a wee hunt about for Mark E's jottings too).
BIGINOIL wrote: I want to read Russell Brand's book.
You could read it and do the follow up "Biggy's Booky Wook about Hooky!"
DigiDiz wrote: is 2008 already??
Exactly what I was thinking! 
My book of the year 2008 probably hasn't been published yet! 
Nick King wrote:
DigiDiz wrote: is 2008 already??
Exactly what I was thinking!
My book of the year 2008 probably hasn't been published yet!
Name a book or piss off to the pendants thread! 
bobmo wrote: i seem to have confused some folk
it was meant to be a prediction:o
Book Of The Year 2008?
"2007 A Retrospective: The Way We Were."
(With today's ubiquitous constant "novel" repackaging of the past; recent, as well as "historical".)
