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That Close
- Narrated by: Suggs
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Suggs is one of pop music's most enduring and likeable figures. Read by the author himself with the assured style and wit of a natural raconteur, this hugely entertaining and insightful autobiography takes you from his colourful early life on a North London council estate, through the heady early days of Punk and 2-Tone, to the eighties, where Madness became the biggest selling singles band of the decade.
Along the way he tells you what it's like to grow up in sixties Soho, go globetrotting with your best mates, to make a dead pigeon fly and cause an earthquake in Finsbury Park.
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- 05-07-21
Top autobio by Suggsy
Great. Nicely written, interesting, fun an well read by Suggs. I like the way he structured it around interesting bits of his life, so each chapter is like a little portrait. It’s not completely chronological and doesn’t cover that much of the band’s gigs and so on, but that works alright for me. I guess that stuff is already covered in the book about Madness, where the other band members can have their say too.
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- ANDREW
- 13-01-18
Brilliant book for madness fans
Loved this book from start to finish, brought bad so many memories of listening to madness as a kid and made me laugh with some his stories. Saw his one man show a few years ago and bits of that was also in this so it was even better. This is one I would definitely listen to again and recommend it to everyone who likes madness 😀👍🏻❤️
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- Wayne
- 09-11-19
Brilliant
Narrated by Suggs makes it like you were there with him. Hard to stop listening.
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- Steve Parke
- 24-04-16
It was all Suggie
Fun read nice to have him read the book. Took you thought his life and the madness days.
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- Glen
- 17-09-16
Gripping
I couldn't stop listening to this. Suggs' voice draws you in. Such a great listen.
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- Steve O’Hara
- 06-07-19
A great insight into the life of Suggs
A great understanding of how a star was born. Understanding the environment of London when he was growing up and the encroachment into his days as a follower of Chelsea.
Great read!
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-02-18
What a softly...
Suggs has a great storytelling voice.. But found this book hard to follow. His story was all over the place hard to keep track of who was who...
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- Angela Collins
- 04-02-21
brilliant loved listening to it all.
brought back great memories, the stories are brill. Fun and laughter had by all. our house yep everyone's house . xx
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- Mr. I. Fitzgibbon
- 01-12-14
Gritty and Funny... Complete Madness
If you could sum up That Close in three words, what would they be?
Its a heart warming, gritty but funny story of one of Britains best loved singers from a true British institution. The story weaves its way from growing up and moving to Wales .. To coming back to London becoming Suggs that we know and love. Weaving its way from the early days of Madness.. Chasing cheese down a hill to earthquakes In Finsbury Park.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Suggs is the obvious favourite, you want him to succeed and sometimes you feel sorry for him
Have you listened to any of Suggs’s other performances? How does this one compare?
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If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Hard - loving and Fun... that's Mad
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- 23-01-19
suggs very much underused..
love suggs very funny can relate to much in book as of same age.
from similar area in fact moved around in same area's camden , hampstead, anyway jolly fine listen.
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