Lost in Music by Giles Smith - ISBN: 9781804940297
Paperback
Chasing rockstar dreams, hilarious failure, vinyl love, and bedroom Wembley dreams.

Lost in Music

The classic laugh-out-loud memoir

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    24 October 2023

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Summary

A hilarious memoir and modern classic of trying to make it as a rock star, perfect for fans of High Fidelity and Daisy Jones & the Six.

“In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.”

Lost in Music is about growing up with pop music—about hearing it, buying it, loving…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781804940297
ISBN-10:1804940291
Author:Giles Smith
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:24 October 2023
Weight:250g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 23mm
About The Author

Giles Smith

Giles Smith was the keyboard player in a pop group called the Cleaners from Venus. His failure to make it as a musician was the topic of Lost in Music, which was a bestseller on first publication in the nineties and received rave reviews. Giles Smith still plays music and is planning a comeback with a new supergroup. He has written for the Independent, the New Yorker, the Sunday Times and The Times and was named Sports Columnist of the Year.

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