{"title":"Jarvis Cocker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJarvis Cocker\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling blend of biography and cultural insight, inviting readers into a world where music, art, and personal reflection intertwine. His works explore the nuances of pop culture with wit and candour, perfect for those intrigued by the stories behind the soundtrack of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a distinctive voice that captures both the intimate and the universal, Cocker’s writing navigates themes of identity, creativity, and relationships. Whether reflecting on family ties or dissecting the cultural moments that shape us, his books resonate with honesty and a keen understanding of contemporary arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"good-pop-bad-pop-by-jarvis-cocker-9781784707910","title":"Good Pop, Bad Pop","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe funny, revealing, highly original and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir from Jarvis Cocker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling hit memoir from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“It's real gold... its storytelling first class”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a random collection of the things that made us — photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker starts clearing out his loft, he finds a jumble of objects that catalogue his story and ask him some awkward questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho do you think you are?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAre clothes important?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy are there so many pairs of broken glasses up here?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a Gold Star polycotton shirt to a pack of Wrigley's Extra, from his teenage attempts to write songs to the Sexy Laughs Fantastic Dirty Joke Book, this is the hard evidence of Jarvis's unique life, Pulp, 20th century pop culture, the good times and the mistakes he'd rather forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a life story. 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Here, for the first time, is a selection of sixty-six lyrics, presented with commentary and an introduction by the man himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume, readers (and Pulp fans) will find such classic Jarvis lyrics as 'Common People', 'Disco 2000', 'Babies', 'This is Hardcore' and 'Do You Remember the First Time?' The selection, assembled by the author, reveals a sensibility that is unmistakeably Jarvis: a sometimes visceral, sometimes everyday take on love, relationships and the things we do to each other when the lights get low.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMother, Brother, Lover takes the reader on a thirty-year tour into the life, art and preoccupations of one of the great British artists of the late twentieth century. 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