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A TELEGRAPH AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE MONTH
LRB BOOK OF THE WEEK
CAUGHT BY THE RIVER BOOK OF THE MONTH

Ross Raymond and Johnny McLaughlin are two fanboys dedicated to the Airdrie post-punk scene of the early '80s the glory years when anything and everything seemed possible. Looking back on that time the people, the bands, the underground legends they piece together a story which has at its core Memorial Device, the greatest band you've never heard of. Featuring a cast of misfits, artists, drop-outs, small-town visionaries and musicians, This Is Memorial Device is a dark, witty novel depicting a moment where art and the demands it makes are as serious as life itself.

This Is Memorial Device

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    A Paperback / softback by David Keenan

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 04/01/2018
      ISBN13: 9780571330850, 978-0571330850
      ISBN10: 0571330851
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A TELEGRAPH AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
      SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
      ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE MONTH
      LRB BOOK OF THE WEEK
      CAUGHT BY THE RIVER BOOK OF THE MONTH

      Ross Raymond and Johnny McLaughlin are two fanboys dedicated to the Airdrie post-punk scene of the early '80s the glory years when anything and everything seemed possible. Looking back on that time the people, the bands, the underground legends they piece together a story which has at its core Memorial Device, the greatest band you've never heard of. Featuring a cast of misfits, artists, drop-outs, small-town visionaries and musicians, This Is Memorial Device is a dark, witty novel depicting a moment where art and the demands it makes are as serious as life itself.

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