{"product_id":"smiths","title":"Smiths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am sure that what I remember is not necessarily what actually happened, but I can only write what I remember.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWildly inventive and beautifully surreal, \u003ci\u003eThe Smiths: A Novella\u003c\/i\u003e asks how one man''s life could somehow be irrevocably changed by an unconventional pop group from Manchester. Taking the form of a flâneuring journey through the landscape of memory, our anonymous protagonist accompanied by the actress Carole Bouquet, this is not a book \u003ci\u003eabout \u003c\/i\u003eThe Smiths but one that emerges \u003ci\u003efrom \u003c\/i\u003etheir music, their emotional register and their literary resonance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the unlikely couple perambulate from the old Selfridge Hotel to West Hollywood by way of a park bench in Cavendish Square, their conversation interrogates and celebrates the joys of outlandish pop genius, the zealous dedication of fans and the cult of outsider disaffection given uproarious voice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Bracewell''s first novella since \u003ci\u003ePerfect Tense\u003c\/i\u003e (praised by Stephen Fry as a ''unique and priceless pearl of a book''),\u003ci\u003e The Smiths\u003c\/i\u003e is at once deeply romantic and laced with comedy - not unlike the band themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483441013109,"sku":"9781399638609","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399638609.jpg?v=1786178605","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/smiths","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}