{"product_id":"searching-for-dexys-midnight-runners-paperback","title":"Searching for Dexys Midnight Runners - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNige Tassell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Skilfully written, engaging and sensitive' HELEN O'HARA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely readable' \u003ci\u003eMOJO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A compelling, moving book' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early 1980s, the pop charts were dominated by musicians tarted up in Day-Glo colors, who fought it out for coverage on our TV screens and magazine pages. Dexys Midnight Runners did things differently. They were surly. They were serious. They were ambitious, but success had to come on their terms. They were a disciplined outfit, a gang with a defined purpose: to make music so pure that it couldn't fail to elicit a deep emotional response from anyone within earshot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And they managed it. This motley crew - in woolly hats and donkey jackets for their first coming; all dungarees and copious body hair for the second - gate-crashed the charts, scoring number-one hits around the globe. But being in Dexys wasn't all sunshine and roses. Many members came, many members went. Some returned unexpectedly as being part of this particular gang was a way of life; it was everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nige Tassell, author of the Penderyn Prize-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to the C86 Kids?\u003c\/i\u003e employs his skills of detection to go off in search of the dozens of members who - for however brief a period, and to whatever level of success - have been a part of Dexys Midnight Runners. These are the people who gave the band its sound, its soul, its substance. But whatever happened to them?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past twenty-five years, Nige Tassell has written about music, popular culture and sport for a range of titles, including the\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWord\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRouleur\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlizzard\u003c\/i\u003e. His last music book \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to the C86 Kids?\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2022 to great acclaim. \u003ci\u003eSearching for Dexys Midnight Runners\u003c\/i\u003e will be Nige's tenth book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47194190381305,"sku":"9781785120619","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KvfBaR3aCW9781785120619.webp?v=1767916927","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/searching-for-dexys-midnight-runners-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}