Ten Thousand Apologies

The story of a band that’s always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace … The excess disguises the true heart of Ten Thousand Apologies which is a sort of yearning, a search for enlightenment, a way to live but especially for a home – Miranda Sawyer * Observer *
A jaw-dropping rollercoaster of tragi-comic mishaps and gargantuan drug consumption * Rolling Stone UK *
A bruising, exhilarating read, which captures the nihilistic energy of this strange and brilliant band * Independent *
A fastidious portrait of chaos, displacement and bad acid * Mojo **** *
The tale is told by award-winning writer Adelle Stripe in a striking third-person prose that gives Ten Thousand Apologies a novelistic tone, interspersed with frontman Lias Saoudi’s raw, dark, mocking recollections that are also very, very funny at times … you begin to wonder why more biographies aren’t tackled with such invention … There’s no great redemption but it offers a quietly triumphant denouement that’s more palatable than boring atonement * Record Collector **** *
From Algeria to London and everywhere in between, Ten Thousand Apologies makes most books about the artist as a young man, the music biz and being in a band just a little bit pallid. Music book of the year? Already? Don’t bet against it * Crack Magazine *
Destined to become a classic of the genre * Louder than War *
This book is a rarity, the kind I hold near and dear to my heart. The story of The Fat White Family is equal parts high comedy and deep tragedy, just like life itself – Mark Lanegan
A unique concoction, full of beautiful lies and ecstatic truths - one of the finest music books in aeons – Kevin Barry
Read it and writhe – Spider Stacey
Destined to become a classic of the genre * Louder than War *

Adelle Stripe is a novelist, poet and journalist. Her debut novel, BLACK TEETH AND A BRILLIANT SMILE, was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature.

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