MIssing Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards is to be the subject of a novel out in October.
Photo: Dave Hardacre
Written by music journalist Ben Myers, Richard is a fictional story of Edwards' life based on events from his life. Myers told NME, "A lot has been written about Richey Edwards, but I thought a fictional setting would be a better medium to explore his personality, especially because he was a particularly literate person who injected a wealth of literary influences into a fairly staid British rock scene that was lacking any true iconoclastic voices at the time."
Richard is out on 1 October, a week after the release of the Manics' 10th studio album, Postcards From A Young Man.
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