{"product_id":"manic-street-preachers-the-holy-bible","title":"Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501331701\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2019\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eIn August 1994, Manic Street Preachers released \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, a dark, fiercely intelligent album that explored such themes as mental illness, murder and war. Richey Edwards, the band's lyricist and motive force, vanished five months later; he was never found. In his absence \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHoly Bible \u003c\/i\u003eentered the rock canon alongside Joy Division's \u003ci\u003eCloser\u003c\/i\u003e and Nirvana's \u003ci\u003eIn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUtero,\u003c\/i\u003e the valedictory works of troubled young men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book tells the dramatic story of Manic Street Preachers' masterpiece.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTracing the album's origins in the Valleys, an industrialised region of South Wales where the band spent their formative years, the author argues that \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Bible\u003c\/i\u003e can be seen as a meditation on the uses and abuses of history.","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":43030228369497,"sku":"PR914710","price":25.2,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2551\/5502\/files\/image_TIBGVJJJCJGU.jpg?v=1769834760","url":"https:\/\/smartfox.co.nz\/products\/manic-street-preachers-the-holy-bible","provider":"SmartfoxNZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}