{"product_id":"from-manchester-with-love-the-life-and-opinions-of-tony-wilson-9780571252497","title":"From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson","description":"\u003cb\u003eCritically-acclaimed and bestselling author Paul Morley's long-awaited biography of Factory Records co-founder and Manchester icon Tony Wilson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhen forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend. -- Tony Wilson \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To write about Tony Wilson, AKA Anthony H. Wilson, is to write about a number of public and private characters and personalities, a clique of unreliable narrators, constantly changing shape and form. At the helm of Factory Records and the Haçienda, Wilson unleashed landmark acts such as Joy Division and New Order into the world as he pursued myriad other creative endeavours, appointing himself a custodian of Manchester's legacy of innovation and change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To Paul Morley he was this and much more: bullshitting hustler, flashy showman, aesthetic adventurer, mean factory boss, self-deprecating chancer, intellectual celebrity, loyal friend, shrewd mentor, insatiable publicity seeker. It was Morley to whom Wilson left a daunting final request: to write this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Manchester With Love\u003c\/i\u003e, then, is the biography of a man who became eponymous with his city, of the music he championed and the myths he made, of love and hate, of life and death. In the cultural theatre of Manchester, Tony Wilson broke in and took centre-stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorley, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic \u003cb\u003ePaul Morley\u003c\/b\u003e has written about music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. He wrote for the \u003ci\u003eNew Musical Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efrom 1976 to 1983 and formed the Zang Tumb Tuum record label with record producer Trevor Horn. A founding member of the Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Music, he collaborated with Grace Jones on her memoirs and is the author of a number of books about music including \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Bowie\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller), his history of classical music \u003ci\u003eA Sound Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eMusic Book of the Year) and a biography of Bob Dylan, \u003ci\u003eYou Lose Yourself, You Reappear.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485381103890,"sku":"9780571252497","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c8b1ee23-bdfe-430a-9d95-5ab78695adc1.jpg?v=1730404435","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-manchester-with-love-the-life-and-opinions-of-tony-wilson-9780571252497","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}