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THE REVIEW OF 2019 BOOKS OF THE YEAR

10 IT GETS ME HOME, THIS CURVING TRACK: OBJECTS AND ESSAYS

Ian Penman FITZCARRALDO

Incapable of dumbing down, Penman had NME readers reaching for their dictionaries in the post-punk years. He retains the same daunting intelligence in this essay collection, which featured a fine take on mod, a gloomy assessment of James Brown and a

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