Exit Stage Left

By Nick Duerden,

Book cover of Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars

Book description

**A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**

**INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH**

**GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY**

**FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK**

'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian

'Entertaining.' - Telegraph

'Most books about pop stars focus on the way we turn average human beings…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Exit Stage Left as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

As a music lover, especially one whose favorite bands are now getting toward retirement age, I love seeing how the ones who had some measure of success, however fleeting, have lived out the rest of their non-spotlight lives.

The book doesn't wallow in musicians and bands who are now destitute or living bizarre lives, but suggests that there is life after pop stardom, in many forms. I did wish it had a little more overall insight and connected more dots, but those seem like minor quibbles.

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