From Manchester with Love

The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson

From Manchester with Love
Paul Morley
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 624pg
6 Oct 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9780571252503
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THE TIMES & UNCUT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARCritically-acclaimed and bestselling author Paul Morley' s long-awaited biography of Factory Records co-founder and Manchester icon Tony Wilson. A BOOK OF THE YEARSUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, MOJO, LOUDER THAN WAR' Compelling . . . befitting its extraordinary subject. ' BRIAN ENO' Bracing and often surprisingly tender . . . the perfect monument. ' SUNDAY TIMES' Via Morley' s magical prose Tony Wilson comes back to life . . . inspiring. ' RICHARD RUSSELLTony Wilson was a man who became synonymous with his beloved city. As the co-founder of the legendary Factory Records and the Hacienda, he appointed himself a custodian of Manchester' s legacy of innovation and change, becoming a cultural pioneer for the North. To Paul Morley, he was this and much more: bullshitting hustler, flashy showman, inventive broadcaster, self-deprecating chancer, publicity seeker, loyal friend. It was Morley to whom Wilson left a daunting final request: to write this book. From Manchester with Love is the biography of a man who changed the world around him through sheerforce of personality. In the cultural theatre of Manchester, Tony Wilson broke in and took centre stage. ' An immersive experience . . . very moving indeed. ' MIRANDA SAWYER, OBSERVER' Not just a "biog" but the story of a city' s history and culture and a unique and disappearing figure. ' STUART MACONIE, NEW STATESMAN' Morley' s biography is as illuminating on Wilson' s strange ability to hold others in his orbit, even after his death, as it is on the story of his life. ' THE SPECTATOR' The man/myth Wilson died aged 57 in 2006, but here he burns on fantastically bright. ' UNCUT
Writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic Paul Morley has written about music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. He wrote for the NME from 1976 to 1983 and formed the Zang Tumb Tuum record label with record producer Trevor Horn. A founding member of the Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Music, he collaborated with Grace Jones on her memoirs and is the author of a number of books about music including The Age of Bowie (a Sunday Times bestseller) and a history of classical music A Sound Mind (a Sunday Times Music Book of the Year).
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780571252503
Published: 6 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 38mm
Weight: 539g
Pages: 624

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