“Our Book of the Year changes how we think about music memoirs, how they are structured and what they tell us,” say Rough Trade. “It tells us of a particular indefatigable individual who will go further than anyone else.”
A.N. Wilson’s GOETHE: HIS FAUSTIAN LIFE is “wild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject,” says Francis Wilson in the Daily Telegraph.
Spanning three centuries, the book is an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes biography of the iconic institution. Selwood has unrestricted access to all its papers and archives to tell the stories of the extraordinary people, discoveries, and objects without shying away from controversies.
Described by Jarvis Cocker as ‘essential reading’ and Bobby Gillespie as ‘wonderful’, Street-Level Superstar follows a year in the life of Lawrence, Britain’s most singular musical genius who never hit the big time.
Michael Cragg’s ‘Reach For The Stars’, Audrey Golden’s ‘I Thought I Heard You Speak’ and Richard Morton Jack’s ‘Nick Drake: A Life’ are among the titles selected for the prestigious prize.
Iain MacGregor acquired world rights in Reds: The History of Communism from the Neolithic to Xi’s China – and US rights have just been bought by Scribner.