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'A masterpiece. Beautiful, tragic and immaculately researched.' - Matt Everitt

'Elliott was one of the best songwriters of our day and a formidable musician.' - Beck

'There's an undercurrent of real sadness in a lot of his music ... and that's just really the way he was.' - Steve Drozd, Flaming Lips

In 2003, Steven 'Elliott' Smith died from two stab wounds to the heart. To this day, the autopsy evidence remains inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted or the result of homicide. Either way, this tragic end to Elliott's short-lived though prodigiously talented life became the dark denouement of a story riddled with depression, mental illness, addiction and chronic substance abuse.

Yet it is also a story of worldwide critical acclaim, of Oscar nominations and of some of the finest recorded music of the late twentieth century.

Now, two decades after Elliott's death,

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      Publisher Bonnier Books
      Imprint Bonnier Books Ltd
      Published 1 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781788705844
      978-1788705844
      ISBN-10 178870584X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'A masterpiece. Beautiful, tragic and immaculately researched.' - Matt Everitt

      'Elliott was one of the best songwriters of our day and a formidable musician.' - Beck

      'There's an undercurrent of real sadness in a lot of his music ... and that's just really the way he was.' - Steve Drozd, Flaming Lips

      In 2003, Steven 'Elliott' Smith died from two stab wounds to the heart. To this day, the autopsy evidence remains inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted or the result of homicide. Either way, this tragic end to Elliott's short-lived though prodigiously talented life became the dark denouement of a story riddled with depression, mental illness, addiction and chronic substance abuse.

      Yet it is also a story of worldwide critical acclaim, of Oscar nominations and of some of the finest recorded music of the late twentieth century.

      Now, two decades after Elliott's death,

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