{"title":"Mark Lanegan","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Lanegan's works offer a raw and unflinching exploration of personal struggles and resilience, blending candid memoir with reflections on health and recovery. His writing invites readers into a world shaped by hardship, creativity, and the quest for redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRich in emotional depth and lyrical honesty, Lanegan's books resonate with those interested in the intersection of wellbeing and identity, providing an intimate look at a life marked by both darkness and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sing-backwards-and-weep-by-mark-lanegan-9781474615501","title":"Sing Backwards and Weep","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mark Lanegan-primitive, brutal, and apocalyptic. What's not to love?\" \u003ci\u003eNick Cave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stoned cold classic.\" \u003ci\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mark Lanegan writes like he sings, from the pained heart of a damaged soul with brutal honesty.\" \u003ci\u003eBobby Gillespie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerfully written and brutally, frighteningly honest.\" \u003ci\u003eLucinda Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ROUGH TRADE AND \u003ci\u003eMOJO\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the back of the van to the front of the bar, from the hotel room to the emergency room, Mark Lanegan takes us back to the sinister, needle-ridden streets of Seattle, to an alternative music scene that was simultaneously bursting with creativity and saturated with drugs. He tracks the tumultuous rise and fall of Screaming Trees, from a brawling, acid-rock bar band to world-famous festival favourites with an enduring legacy, and tells of his own personal struggles with addiction, culminating in homelessness, petty crime, and the tragic deaths of his closest friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGritty, gripping and unflinchingly raw, \u003ci\u003eSing Backwards and Weep\u003c\/i\u003e is about a man who learned how to drag himself from the wreckage, dust off the ashes, and keep living and creating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most brutally honest rock memoir imaginable.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46845778657516,"sku":"9781474615501","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/206743482713.jpg?v=1758894595"},{"product_id":"devil-in-a-coma-by-mark-lanegan-9781399601849","title":"Devil in a Coma","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne morning in March 2021, with the second wave of infections ripping through Ireland where he was newly resident, Mark Lanegan woke up breathless, fatigued beyond belief, his body burdened with a gigantic dose of Covid-19. Admitted to Kerry Hospital and initially given little hope of survival, Lanegan's illness had him slipping in and out of a coma, unable to walk or function for several months and fearing for his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs his situation becomes more intolerable over the course of that bleakest of springs, he is assaulted by nightmares, visions, and regrets about a life lived on the edge of chaos and disorder. He is prompted to consider his predicament and how, in his sixth decade, his lifelong battle with mortality has led to this final banal encounter with a disease that has undone millions, when he has apparently been cheating death for his whole existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in vignettes of prose and poetry, \u003cem\u003eDevil in a Coma\u003c\/em\u003e is a terrifying account of illness and the remorse that comes with it by an artist and writer with singular vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596209701100,"sku":"9781399601849","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399601849-devil-in-a-coma.jpg?v=1777918051"},{"product_id":"i-am-the-wolf-by-mark-lanegan-9780306825279","title":"I Am the Wolf","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a voice that \u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e has called \"as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather,\" former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age vocalist Mark Lanegan draws frequent comparisons to wounded masters of doom like Tom Waits, Nick Cave, and Leonard Cohen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Lanegan's talents aren't limited to his vocal skills. 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