Withdrawn Traces

Oct 5, 2024 8:23 AM

Author:Sara Hawys Roberts,Leon Noakes,Rachel Edwards

Withdrawn Traces

New discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey's personal archive

On 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went missing at the age of 27. On the eve of a promotional trip to America, he vanished from his London hotel room, his car later discovered near the Severn Bridge, a notorious suicide spot.

Over two decades later, Richey’s disappearance remains one of the most moving, mysterious and unresolved episodes in recent pop culture history.

For those with a basic grasp of the facts, Richey's suicide seems obvious and undeniable. However, a closer investigation of his actions in the weeks and months before his disappearance just don’t add up, and until now few have dared to ask the important questions.

Withdrawn Traces is the first book written with the co-operation of the Edwards family, testimony from Richey’s closest friends and unprecedented and exclusive access to Richey’s personal archive.

In a compelling real-time narrative, the authors examine fresh evidence, uncover overlooked details, profile Richey's state of mind, and brings us closer than ever before to the truth.

Reviews

Excellent ... with its precise, abundant detail ... it is a haunting depiction of a person going missing before he ever vanished.

—— The Sunday Times

A worthwhile tutorial.

—— Evening Standard

Groundbreaking...part memoir, part guide, this is a must-have.

—— Independent

A remarkably generous memoir....in more than one sense, the biography of a friend

—— Spectator

It's a joyous celebration of the Wham! years. For anyone who was a teenager in the early 1980s, it will take you on a nostalgia trip, with dozens of comically captioned photos of the band during the white espadrille years. It's an honest but affectionate account of a remarkable duo who remained true to their origins and their friendship throughout it all

—— Daily Express

Packed full of nostalgia, heart and insight, Wham! George & Me is a lovingly written ode to friendship and a celebration of one of the greatest pop acts of all time. A superb tribute

—— Classic Pop Magazine

In this moving memoir, which is also a vivid nostalgia trip for anyone who was a teenager in the 70s and 80s, he tells the story of his friendship and musical collaboration with George Michael. Engaging

—— Sunday Express

The Wham! star charts his treasured friendship with George Michael, from their meeting at school in 1975 to George's untimely death in 2016. The duo left a legacy of pop classics from the exuberant Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go to the evergreen Last Christmas, and Ridgeley's enthusiasm for life in a chart-topping band is as infectious as their music

—— Daily Mirror

This book is all you could want and more!

—— Magic Book Club

I couldn't put it down. Such a fantastic book

—— Chris Evans, Virgin Radio

A great story

—— Saturday Live, Radio 4

A lovely book. A love letter to George

—— Graham Norton, BBC1

A touching and vivid nostalgia trip - with great photos

—— Best

Top 50 gift picks for the book lovers in your life

—— The Herald

A fond look back at the Wham! star's life in the group that helped define Eighties pop

—— Choice Magazine

Will no doubt appeal to the fanbase . . . Humorous and touching

—— Times Literary Supplement

Joyful nostalgia

—— Daily Express

As a hard-nosed ex-detective, it was a source of much hilarity that I am such a Wham! fan but my copy of this is a prized possession

—— Peter Bleksley

One of the most interesting feminist voices in popular culture

—— The Pool

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