About the book

Read an excerpt

Read a big list of people I've interviewed

Other bits

The launch party

Further reading

Email (delete the obviously false part, obviously)

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January 14, 2004

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Published in July 2003 after seven years in the making, 'Truth & Beauty: the Story of Pulp' is the first major biography of Pulp. Running to 500 pages and including interviews with over 30 members, ex-members and associates of the band, it tells the story of one of the most important and influential bands of our time, from schoolboy promise in the aftermath of punk, through a over decade of obscurity and frustration, to Britpop stardom, tabloid notoriety and, finally, semi-retirement.

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