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Ten Thousand Apologies

Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure: A Sunday Times Bestseller and Rough Trade Book of the Year

Author: Adelle Stripe and Lias Saoudi  

Ten Thousand Apologies
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The story of one of the most controversial cult bands of the moment - championed and reviled in equal measure

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The story of one of the most controversial cult bands of the moment - championed and reviled in equal measure

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE

'The story of a band that's always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace' Miranda Sawyer, Observer

'You begin to wonder why more biographies aren't tackled with such invention' Record Collector

'This book is a rarity' Mark Lanegan

'One of the finest music books in aeons' Kevin Barry

'A bruising, exhilarating read, which captures the nihilistic energy of this strange and brilliant band' Independent

'Destined to become a classic of the genre' Louder Than War

'A fastidious portrait of chaos, displacement and bad acid' Mojo

'Music book of the year? Already? Don't bet against it' Crack Magazine

'Read it and writhe' Spider Stacey

From the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, Ten Thousand Apologies is the sordid and thrilling story of the country's most notorious cult band, Fat White Family. Loved and loathed in equal measure since their formation in 2011, the relentlessly provocative, stunningly dysfunctional "drug band with a rock problem" have dedicated themselves to constant chaos and total creative freedom at all costs.

Like a tragicomic penny dreadful dreamed up by a mutant hybrid of Jean Genet, the Dadaists and Mark E. Smith, the Fat Whites' story is a frequently jaw-dropping epic of creative insurrection, narcotic excess, mental illness, wanderlust, self-sabotage, fractured masculinity, and the ruthless pursuit of absolute art.

Co-written with lucidity and humour by singer Lias Saoudi and acclaimed author Adelle Stripe, Ten Thousand Apologies is that rare thing: a music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional that does not seek forgiveness. This is the definitive account of Fat White Family's disgraceful and radiant jihad - a depraved, romantic and furious gesture of refusal to a sanitised era.

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Critic Reviews

“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”

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
-- 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 *

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About the Author

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.

Lias Saoudi is the frontman in Fat White Family.

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SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The story of a band that's always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace' Miranda Sawyer, Observer 'You begin to wonder why more biographies aren't tackled with such invention' Record Collector 'This book is a rarity' Mark Lanegan 'One of the finest music books in aeons' Kevin Barry From the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, Ten Thousand Apologies is the sordid and thrilling story of the country's most notorious cult band, Fat White Family. Loved and loathed in equal measure since their formation in 2011, the relentlessly provocative, stunningly dysfunctional "drug band with a rock problem" have dedicated themselves to constant chaos and total creative freedom at all costs.Like a tragicomic penny dreadful dreamed up by a mutant hybrid of Jean Genet, the Dadaists and Mark E. Smith, the Fat Whites' story is a frequently jaw-dropping epic of creative insurrection, narcotic excess, mental illness, wanderlust, self-sabotage, fractured masculinity, and the ruthless pursuit of absolute art.Co-written with lucidity and humour by singer Lias Saoudi and acclaimed author Adelle Stripe, Ten Thousand Apologies is that rare thing: a music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional that does not seek forgiveness. This is the definitive account of Fat White Family's disgraceful and radiant jihad - a depraved, romantic and furious gesture of refusal to a sanitised era.

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Product Details

Publisher
Orion Publishing Co | White Rabbit
Published
23rd February 2023
Pages
336
ISBN
9781474617857

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