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Guy de Burrett has just completed rehab after nearly choking on a cocktail of drugs. The youngest son in a banking dynasty, Guy became the most successful talent scout in the music business before he was 20. Every company wanted his ears. Rapidly disenchanted with the immorality of the business, hating his own role in sending talent onto the production line, Guy descended into a slough of low-rent whoring and drug-bingeing around King's Cross.Admitted to a detox clinic, he is only now stepping back out into society. All he wants is to find Ella, his favourite hooker, and take the pair of them away from all this. Then he sees The Grams, and is reminded why he got into music in the first place.He feels fated to nurture this group, to protect them from the injustices and ravages of the internatioal music business. He will use his money to start up an ethical, creative record company which treats its artists with real respect. Can it work? Can Guy stay true to his principles? Will he find Ella?Brilliant, funny, sharply observed.

About the Author :
Kevin Sampson is the author of eight novels, as well as Extra Time, his account of a season in the life of a Liverpool FC fanatic, and the moving narrative of the Hillsborough tragedy, Hillsborough Voices. He has also contributed to football anthologies, including Here We Go Gathering Cups in May and Redmen, which he also edited. Kevin is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Observer and the award-winning LFC podcast, The Anfield Wrap. He lives on Merseyside where he is a long-term supporter of CALM, a charity specialising in the mental health needs of young males. You can find him at @ksampsonwriter on Twitter.

Review :
"A code-red book... Drop what you're reading and read this immediately... A rip-snorting, rollicking ride from obscurity to rock 'n' roll debauchery and through the other side." Alex James, Blur "Brilliant, funny, sharply-observed... The airport-busting novel of the summer" Loaded "Powder is more essential to your well-being than 97 percent of the albums that'll come out this year." Melody Maker "A pacey and hilarious catalogue of vanity, insecurities, bonhomie and belligerence... A portrait of the contemporary music industry that is almost uncanny in its accuracy." Independent "Tells it like it is - Sampson is never better than when revelling in the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll - All young bands should be made to read Powder; if it doesn't put them off, nothing will" The Times


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780099289968
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Vintage
  • Height: 199 mm
  • Spine Width: 31 mm
  • Width: 131 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0099289962
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 512
  • Weight: 418 gr


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