How I Left The National Grid: A Post-Punk Novel
Guy Mankowski
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Paperback. Could a famous musician ever completely disappear? Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
In the 1980s Robert Wardner, eccentric frontman of post-punk band 'The National Grid' became famous overnight after committing an act on Top Of The Pops that shocked a nation. But a year later he had vanished, leaving a 'masterpiece' record abandoned in his wake. More darkly, rumours grew that his disappearance was due to him having brutally murdered an obsessed young fan. Twenty-five years later word has spread that the singer is alive and scheming to re-emerge. Sam, a journalist who helped first bring his band to the public eye, is commissioned to track Wardner down so he will at ... Read more
In the 1980s Robert Wardner, eccentric frontman of post-punk band 'The National Grid' became famous overnight after committing an act on Top Of The Pops that shocked a nation. But a year later he had vanished, leaving a 'masterpiece' record abandoned in his wake. More darkly, rumours grew that his disappearance was due to him having brutally murdered an obsessed young fan. Twenty-five years later word has spread that the singer is alive and scheming to re-emerge. Sam, a journalist who helped first bring his band to the public eye, is commissioned to track Wardner down so he will at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
191
Place of Publication
Ropley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782798965
SKU
V9781782798965
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About Guy Mankowski
Guy Mankowski has lectured at Northumbria, Sunderland and Edinburgh Universities. He has published a range of fiction, academia and journalism about music. He is the author of the novels The Intimates and Letters from Yelena.
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