{"product_id":"giles-smith-lost-in-music-a-pop-odyssey","title":"Giles Smith - Lost In Music: A Pop Odyssey (Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hilarious memoir and modern classic of trying to make it as a rock star, perfect for fans of High Fidelity and Daisy Jones \u0026amp; the Six.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLost in Music\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis about growing up with pop music—about hearing it, buying it, loving it, and attempting to play it in public for money. A brilliant combination of the confessional and the unapologetic, this is a book for anyone who has ever treasured vinyl, or sung into a roll-on deodorant in front of the bedroom mirror and dreamed of playing Wembley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for *Lost in Music\u003c\/strong\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Very, very funny … Giles Smith is a wonderful writer” - Nick Hornby\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A wonderfully funny pop-music memoir … You don’t have to know who Nik Kershaw is to laugh out loud at the chapter about him” - Sebastian Faulks,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of the best books about music that you will ever read … It is impossible to read\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLost in Music\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewithout laughing out loud” -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giles Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47550353309940,"sku":"0","price":39.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/files\/9781804940297.webp?v=1769738941","url":"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/giles-smith-lost-in-music-a-pop-odyssey","provider":"Flying Nun ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}