The Sound and the Fury

40 Years of Classic Rock Journalism. A bumper collection of the very best of rock writing, edited by Barney Hoskyns, author of the International bestseller 'The Mullet'.

This book gathers some of the best and most entertaining rock writing of the last forty years, coming at rock and roll from several different angles and spanning four decades of good, bad and ugly. The editor, rock journalist Barney Hoskyns, explains in his introduction:
'The Sound and the Fury anthologises some of my favourite pieces, by some of my favourite music writers — heroes both sung (greil Marcus, Jon savage) and unsung (Bill Millar, Robot A. Hull). Read the words of Michael Lydon and Mary Harron, Mick Farren and John Mednelssohn, Richard Cook and Simon Reynolds. Imbibe Cliff White on Marvin Gaye, Caroline Coon on Johnny Rotten, Will Self on Morrissey. To all future rock'n'roll writers, I say: soak up these timelessly invogarting pieces and consider the opportunity you have to make a difference. Let go, tell the truth, express yourselves.'