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That Close
- Narrated by: Suggs
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
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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- 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?
None
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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- Amazon Customer
- 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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- Don Connery
- 13-05-21
Enjoyed it
Really engaging narration from Suggs as you'd expect. A little light on detail but still enjoyable.
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- Airotsa06
- 31-12-20
LOL !
For those of a certain age, an immense retrospective on all that was happening in our formative years - the music, the humour, accepted (then) practices and approaches to many things. Very funny in parts and some genuinely LOL moments - big thanks Suggs for writing, performing and publishing - great job.
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- Ed Goodman
- 30-10-16
Tears you can't hide
I'm not a huge Madness fan and not entirely sure why I bought this. Suggs has led an eventful life, although how he can remember as much as he says. It covers his earliest memories through to the time they performed at the closing of BBC Television Centre. It's littered with wonderful stories and some real laugh out loud moments, and is the epitome of why the author should read his own autobiography. As I said, I don't know why I bought this but I'm so glad I did.
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- P. L. Martin
- 12-05-20
Great trip down memory lane
Absolutely loved it my Era exactly and tikd in s grrst style that only suggs can do
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- Peter Collier
- 18-08-23
Brilliant
Great book
Seen him do the one man show and could relate to the book
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- Louise E
- 03-11-23
Fantastic complete Madness
Superb listen, for Madness fans excellent for Suggs fans superb. Being read by the man himself in his melodic prose just adds to that feeling of nostalgia.
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- Ian
- 17-03-20
It's Mad!
Hold on, now I have to write a 15 plus word review. why? it's Mad.
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- Martin Lomas
- 11-05-20
An interesting and amusing insight to Suggs' life
A wonderful storyteller and a British icon, it's a great insight into his life, family and upbringing. Narrated by Suggs himself makes it a more personal listen as he tells tales and anecdotes from his childhood and growing up in London and Wales through to being a part of Madness and beyond. Hopefully a second book will be in the making soon.
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