{"product_id":"faster-than-a-cannonball-9781474624572","title":"Faster Than A Cannonball","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  , Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was \u003ci\u003ethe year\u003c\/i\u003e of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e, when James Brown's \u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). It was the year of \u003ci\u003eThe Bends\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Danny Boyle started filming \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Richey Edwards went missing, the year Alex Garland wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Blair changed Clause IV after a controversial vote at the Labour Conference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not only was the mid-Nineties perhaps the last time that rock stars, music journalists and pop consumers held onto a belief in rock's mystical power, it was a period of huge cultural upheaval - in art, literature, publishing and drugs. And it was a period of almost unparalleled hedonism, a time when many people thought they deserved to live the rock and roll li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDylan Jones' delicious, hilarious new book has given me more insight into the British psyche than Henry James. And the writing is fire -- Courtney Love\u003cbr\u003eAmazing achievement -- Tracey Emin\u003cbr\u003eThe best book on the nineties I have ever read. Dylan Jones is the best observer of the times we have. An absolutely brilliant book -- Alan McGee\u003cbr\u003eGreat book -- Chris Salewicz\u003cbr\u003eConsidering the hold that Britpop had on the nation's psyche in the nineties, it's amazing how short-loved the movement was. This book shines a light on just how toxic nineties lad culture could be for girls with guitars -- Sarah Ditum * THE SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eA kind of stealth memoir. We see the decade's utopian promise smothered by money and cocaine rather than Nixon and Vietnam. One can read the decade as a period of brash, breathless momentum, especially in technology and the arts -- Dorian Lynskey * LITERARY REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003eFascinating * GRAZIA *\u003cbr\u003eDylan Jones's \u003ci\u003eFaster Than a Cannonball \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the exuberance and spirit of the Nineties [and] sheds light on the wider cultural and economic environment -- Henry Williams * SPIKED *\u003cbr\u003eFantastic -- Matthew d'Ancona * TORTOISE *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739620290903,"sku":"9781474624572","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/faster-than-a-cannonball-9781474624572","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}