NickD wrote:
Start with the earlier stuff & then go from there.
Three I would certainly recommend as a good starting point are Hex Enduction Hour, Bend Sinister & Live at the Witch Trials.
Good luck - hope you get into them.
Thanks NickD. But are there any ropey patches to avoid? And what are the best avail bks on the band/Mark E Smith? I know there's a new book out about 'lost'/discarded members of the band (I read a review by Tibor Fischer today who said it was too long & not as revealing as it shd be)...any further elucidation from you or anyone wd be most welcome.
I'm tempted by Bend Sinister if only because it's a title I presume was nicked from Nabokov & I think it's one of the best novel titles ever, although the Carry On part of my brain always associates it with Armitage Shanks.
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