{"product_id":"faster-than-a-cannonball-1995-and-all-that-paperback","title":"Faster Than a Cannonball: 1995 and All That - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDylan Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was \u003ci\u003ethe year\u003c\/i\u003e of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e, when James Brown's \u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). It was the year of \u003ci\u003eThe Bends\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Danny Boyle started filming \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Richey Edwards went missing, the year Alex Garland wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Blair changed Clause IV after a controversial vote at the Labour Conference. It was a period of huge cultural upheaval - in art, literature, publishing and drugs, and a period of almost unparalleled hedonism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaster Than a Cannonball\u003c\/i\u003e is a cultural swipe of the decade from loungecore to the rise of New Labour, teasing all the relevant artistic strands through interviews with all the major protagonists and exhaustive re-evaluations of the important records of the year, by artists including Radiohead, Teenage Fanclub, Tricky, Pulp, Blur, the Chemical Brothers, Supergrass, Elastica, Spiritualized, Aphex Twin and, of course, Oasis.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Dylan Jones has written or edited over twenty-five books. In the Eighties, he was one of the first editors of \u003ci\u003ei-D\u003c\/i\u003e, before becoming a Contributing Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Face\u003c\/i\u003e and Editor of \u003ci\u003eArena\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent the next decade working in newspapers - principally the\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e - before embarking on a multi-award-winning tenure at \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e. A former columnist for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, he is a Trustee of the Hay Festival, and a peripatetic television producer. In 2012 he was awarded an OBE for services to publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52153380372711,"sku":"9781474624596","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/c05ecdd89809287063a3cb63b8a970f2.webp?v=1780456020","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/faster-than-a-cannonball-1995-and-all-that-paperback","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}