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'Excellent' Guardian
'Hugely enjoyable' Irish Times
'Dazzling' LRB
'Fascinating' New Statesman
'An absolute must-read' GQ
'Few music scenes have received more opprobrium than the New Romantics. A bunch of fame-grabbing clothes-horses? Certainly. But also, a progressive force that opened new routes for music while embracing most genders, ethnicities and sexual preferences.' MOJO
'Compelling reading for those who lived and breathed the indulgence of the era without realizing its significance or contemplating its legacy.' Simon Armitage
'Dylan Jones explains how a bunch of penniless nightclub show-offs morphed into pop royalty in the 1980s . .. An excitable patchwork of interviews, punctuated with gossip and pertinent theory.' UNCUT'
It's all here: the swishing, the androgynous preening, the sweetly-dreamt synth-pop splendor of early '80s Britain. Something was happening, and Mr.Jones knew what it was.' Barney Hoskyns