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Good Pop, Bad Pop: The Sunday Times bestselling hit from Jarvis Cocker Hardcover – 26 May 2022

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**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**

What 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:

Who do you think you are?

Are clothes important?

Why are there so many pairs of broken glasses up here?

From 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. And this accumulated debris of a lifetime reveals his creative process - writing and musicianship, performance and ambition, style and stagecraft.

This is not a life story. It's a loft story.

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368 pages
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English
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Jonathan Cape
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26 May 2022
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17 x 3.4 x 24.2 cm
ISBN-10

1787330567
ISBN-13

978-1787330566
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The revealing, surprising and highly original memoir from iconic Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker

This is not a life story. It's a loft story

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Brilliant... accessible, pithy, lurid, entertaining, even laugh-out-loud funny... we can only hope that Cocker has enough tat for a second volume. -- Neil McCormick ― The Telegraph

Poignant in a subtle, understated way; Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time for the age of the Ford Cortina... This book is about a very normal childhood and the everyday detritus it left behind. Common people indeed. -- Will Hodgkinson ― The Times

Incredibly entertaining...a trip through the things that have made him who he is. -- Jessie Thompson ― Evening Standard, *Books to Look Out For 2022*

Rummage through its pages - through the plastic and nylon, the tin and vinyl - and it's real gold, its shirts second-hand, of course, but its storytelling first class. -- Victoria Segal ― Sunday Times

Brilliant...Good Pop, Bad Pop is more than anyone dared hope for -- John Aizlewood ― i newspaper

Brilliantly fabulous: at once very witty, self-depreciating and moving. ― Evening Standard

Thoughtful and very funny... terrific -- Caroline Sullivan ― The Guardian

Engaging and evocative. He [Cocker] paints a vividly drab picture of the north of England under Thatcherism. And his book is beautiful to look at, too, set out like pop art. ― Daily Express

Like a pop culture Proust... a testament to just how rich this junk is that Cocker can weave such a compelling take. ― Record Collector

Insightful and delightful. ― Hi-Fi Choice

Good Pop, Bad Pop... pulses with the thrilling energy of adolescence and early adulthood... Cocker uses his objects to tell real stories about the past, leaving in the dirt and disappointment around the moments of excitement. ― Prospect

With laugh-out-loud passages of comedy and stylish illustrations... [this] is the story of how he [Cocker] made himself into who he is, his acquisition of a personal style and outlook... Hopefully we will not have to hang around long before his next trip to the loft. ― Financial Times

Like little madeleines, each relic is offered up to the reader in the intimate, confiding voice familiar from Cocker's lyrics. ― Sunday Times, *Summer Reads of 2022*

Good Pop, Bad Pop is a joy. ― Choice

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What 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: Who do you think you are? Are clothes important? Why are there so many pairs of broken glasses up here? From 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. And this accumulated debris of a lifetime reveals his creative process - writing and musicianship, performance and ambition, style and stagecraft. This is not a life story. It's a loft story.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jonathan Cape; 1st edition (26 May 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1787330567
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1787330566
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17 x 3.4 x 24.2 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- 1 in Popular Songbooks
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Becky Biscuits

KEEP

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2022

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Jarvis was my pin-up as a teenager and, 25 years on, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book and immediately placed it on pre-order. I was not disappointed. What's immediately striking is how much care has gone in to the look and feel of the book. Silky smooth dust jacket, lovely thick pages and beautiful layouts and photos. This was a pleasure to read, like sitting with a friend. Jarvis tells the story of his early life and the first years of Pulp through the objects unearthed in his loft space, it very much feels like you're going through them together - deciding what to 'keep' and what to 'cob'. It's also about the beauty of everyday things, 'jumble life', creativity, pop culture and the slow, steady pursuit of a dream. I absolutely loved it. I hope that there will be more volumes, as this one leaves Jarvis at the end of the 1980s - but as a fellow member of 'Team Tortoise' I know it could take a while! In the meantime, this book is definitely one to 'KEEP'.

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Andysworld

Everything you would want it to be...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2022

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As a long-term fan of both Pulp and the city from where they came, I was looking forward to reading Jarvis Cocker's tales of coming up in Sheffield. It doesn't disappoint. Nicely laid out with white space, colour and illustrations it's an easy read, which if anything makes you race through its 350 or so pages faster than you'd expect to. The premise of trawling through ephemera accumulated through the 70s and 80s in a South Yorkshire loft and relating it to the anecdotes of your backstory and the formative years of your band sets this gloriously apart from other autobiographies, and you can hear Jarvis's voice in the words as as though he's reading it to you in person. It's everything you would want it to be... except maybe a bit longer.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2022

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So compelling, so funny, so DIFFERENT...Jarvis's 'loft story' told through this treasure trove of memories/ideas/mistakes/loves/losses/jumble sales etc all interwoven like one of his his many garish outfits. A superb read & just like the man himself/the band he (slowly like the tortoise ;) bought to (well deserved) heights in the mid '90's. Well done Mr Cocker

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Book of the year so far

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2022

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Absolutely loved this. A very clever device is employed to tell the story of Jarvis' formative years and it works brilliantly. Warm, funny and I only hope that there is a follow up in the pipeline.

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Matthew Wilson Oakley

Only half way and truly enjoying the read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2022

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If you’re a fan you’ll understand where’s he’s coming from in his writing. If your not it’s just a great read about someone looking through life and reminiscing. Gets you doing the same….. although I’ll never get round to clearing out my stuff. I’d just keep it all (hidden).

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2022

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If you love Jarvis you will love this book. A great way to learn about his past and how he became famous through what he finds in his attic.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2022

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not a real page turner, some interesting tales but very slow, but he would like that.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2022

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Heard it on R4, bought the audible version, then bought the book so I could look at the pictures. A work of art.

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