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THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A BOOK OF THE YEAR
ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, ROLLING STONE, CLASH, MOJO, UNCUT

The memoir of international music icon Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention.

'I encourage everyone to read this wonderful book.'
ELVIS COSTELLO

'Thompson could be said to be an English Dylan - only in some ways he's even better than that.'
GUARDIAN

Richard Thompson came of age during an extraordinary moment in 1960s Britain - as music began to reflect a great cultural awakening, the guitarist and songwriter co-founded Fairport Convention, ushering in the era of folk rock. An intimate memoir of personal discovery and creative intensity, Beeswing vividly captures the life of an international music icon in a world on the cusp of change

'Gripping . . . A quiet joy of a memoir.'
GUARDIAN

'Thompson writes exceptionally well . . . If you love music in all its myriad forms, you'll love this book.'
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

'An intimate, revealing tome, Beeswing is the voice of a figure at the heart of the British counter-culture.'
CLASH

'Perceptive, lyrical, amiable and seemingly effortless . . . required reading.'
CAUGHT BY THE RIVER

Richard Thompson's book Beeswing was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 17-04-2021

Book details

Book category Books in German Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik Musik Monografien

• Full title: Beeswing
• Author: Richard Thompson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780571348176
• ISBN: 0571348173
• ID: 37224361
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 264 g
• Dimensions: 129 × 197 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. March 2022

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