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THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR
A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR

Thoroughly engrossing, insightful and immersive.' Record Collector

Over a prolific forty-year career, the Fall created a world that was influential, idiosyncratic and fiercely original; it was an education. Who wouldn't want to be armed with a working knowledge of M. R. James, contemporary dance and Manchester City.
Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans, Excavate! is a vivid, definitive record an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall's wonderful and frightening world.

As jagged and as curveball-hurling as peak-period Fall, Excavate! is a box of tricks, lovingly curated . . . tantalising' The i

''To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations.'' David Peace

Gorgeous' The Washington Post

Excavate

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 5 January 2025
      ISBN-13 9780571396139
      978-0571396139
      ISBN-10 0571396135
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR
      A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR

      Thoroughly engrossing, insightful and immersive.' Record Collector

      Over a prolific forty-year career, the Fall created a world that was influential, idiosyncratic and fiercely original; it was an education. Who wouldn't want to be armed with a working knowledge of M. R. James, contemporary dance and Manchester City.
      Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans, Excavate! is a vivid, definitive record an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall's wonderful and frightening world.

      As jagged and as curveball-hurling as peak-period Fall, Excavate! is a box of tricks, lovingly curated . . . tantalising' The i

      ''To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations.'' David Peace

      Gorgeous' The Washington Post

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