{"product_id":"tears-of-the-patriarch-signed-copy","title":"Tears of the Patriarch - Signed Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSIGNED HARDBACK PRE-ORDER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned Hardback Pre-Order | \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTears of the Patriarch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Lias Saoudi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePre-order a signed hardback copy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTears of the Patriarch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Lias Saoudi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by White Rabbit, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, this 240-page hardback is a highly anticipated new book from the Sunday Times bestselling writer and frontman of the band Fat White Family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlending music, memoir and personal reflection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTears of the Patriarch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers an intriguing new addition to Lias Saoudi's writing. With his distinctive voice and unconventional perspective, it is a brilliant choice for readers interested in alternative music, contemporary culture, musician autobiographies, family relationships and thought-provoking personal storytelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect for fans of Lias Saoudi, Fat White Family and readers who enjoy bold, original memoirs, this signed edition makes a special addition to any music or literary collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 18 February 2027. All signed hardback pre-orders will be dispatched as soon as stock arrives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecure your signed copy today from an independent UK bookshop. Carefully packaged to ensure it arrives in excellent condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWould I have been better off with a life of engineering and Allah like my cousins? I doubt they wake up with blood in their mouths, callouses in their throats, at my age . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat becomes of the transgressive shock artist when decades spent chasing pleasure give way to the challenges of monogamy, parenthood and - \u003ci\u003ewhisper it\u003c\/i\u003e - responsibility? Bestselling author and frontman of Fat White Family and Decius Lias Saoudi spares nothing in exposing the fears, indignities and consolations of an artist who has achieved neither vast success nor spectacular self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePainfully funny and self-laceratingly honest, \u003ci\u003eTears of the Patriarch\u003c\/i\u003e finds Saoudi asking urgent questions of a world riven with identity politics and cultural homogenisation, all the while swerving sinkholes of despond born of a chronic attraction to problematic but gifted men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom an occult ritual on a remote Irish beach with drastic consequences to time in an Algerian jail when a promo video goes wrong, from Paris fashion week to the traumatic birth of his first child, this is a book that only he could write: outrageous, impassioned and unforgiving - of himself primarily, but also of a world he's convinced is out to get him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTears of the Patriarch\u003c\/i\u003e sings the song of anyone who suspects there's no art without affliction, no family without fury and no love without tears.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saoudi, Lias","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56984341250434,"sku":"9781399634564","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781399634564.jpg?v=1792079773","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/tears-of-the-patriarch-signed-copy","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}