Nothing

by Paul Morley

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Morley revisits the past he has long struggled to forget: his childhood in Stockport, his teenage years, and the unfathomable suicide of his depressive father. He also considers how the deaths of Ian Curtis, Elvis Presley and Marc Bolan might have had an impact on the story.

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Writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic Paul Morley has written about music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. A founding member of the electronic collective Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Music, he is the author of Ask: The Chatter of Pop; Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City; Joy Division: show more Piece by Piece; Earthbound; The North; and Nothing. show less

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Music, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction
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781Arts & recreationMusicGeneral principles and musical forms
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