Excavate! by Tessa Norton

Excavate! by Tessa Norton

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A definitive insight into the ever-influential world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall, bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans.

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Excavate! by Tessa Norton

A definitive insight into the ever-influential world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall, bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans.
"To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations" - DAVID PEACE
"Mind blowing... brilliant." - TIM BURGESS
"A container sized treasure trove bursting at the hinges with strangeness and wonder ... I strongly advise you to buy it." - MAXINE PEAKE

Bob Stanley is the author of Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop (Faber, 2013), and Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop (Faber, 2022), Bee Gees: Children of the Word (Nine Eight, 2023) and has written for the Guardian, The Times, NME and The Face. He is also a filmmaker, and founding member of the group Saint Etienne. He was Writer in Residence at the British Library in 2017.

Tessa Norton writes regularly about art, books and music for various publications including The Wire, and for exhibitions and events including FACT, Wysing Arts Centre, Somerset House, Liverpool Biennial, The Tetley, SPACE and more. She published the artists' book The Fields Here Are Full of Ghosts with Wysing Arts Centre in 2019, and she was a Jerwood Arts Fellow at FACT gallery for 2020-21.

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ISBN 13 9780571396139
ISBN 10 0571396135
Title Excavate!
Author Tessa Norton
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2025-05-08
Number of pages 360
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.