Books: Street-Level Superstar – A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson (2024)

A book on a larger-than-life character, the lead singer of a cult group, that reads like fiction yet it’s all truth

April 15, 2025| Bob's Books1 min read
Street Level Superstar: : A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson (2024)Street Level Superstar: : A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson (2024)

Having recently reviewed the Neneh Cherry autobiography in this column, I felt that I shouldn’t cover another rock bio. After all there is the possibility that I could get stuck in a rut. The things is that I have just finished a rock biography which was quite unlike any I’ve ever read so I have to share it (no worries folks, next week’s book is a return to fiction). I laughed, had feelings of pity but closed the book with a huge smile. This book’s subject is a larger-than-life character so that at times the book reads like fiction – but it’s all truth.

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