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""Over a career that spans four decades and thirteen studio albums with Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant has consistently proved himself to be one of the most elegant and stylish of contemporary lyricists. Arranged alphabetically, One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem presents an overview of his considerable achievement as a chronicler of modern life: the romance, the break-ups, the aspirations, the changing attitudes, the history, the politics, the pain."" --Rough Trade BOOKS OF THE YEAR ""A lyricist every bit as distinctive as Brett Anderson, the Pet Shop Boys singer's nearly-memoir is both absorbing and tantalising. Beneath each of the 100 song lyrics he selects, Tennant offers nuggets of observation, commentary and context that, together with his waspish, affectionate, sharply drawn preface, leave you tickled but wanting more, and searching for further clues. Which is Tennant to a T: cautiously candid, fleet of foot, wielding his pen like a rapier."" --Dans Cairns, Sunday Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR

""Over a career that spans four decades and thirteen studio albums with Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant has consistently proved himself to be one of the most elegant and stylish of contemporary lyricists. Arranged alphabetically, One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem presents an overview of his considerable achievement as a chronicler of modern life: the romance, the break-ups, the aspirations, the changing attitudes, the history, the politics, the pain."" - Rough Trade BOOKS OF THE YEAR ""A lyricist every bit as distinctive as Brett Anderson, the Pet Shop Boys singer's nearly-memoir is both absorbing and tantalising. Beneath each of the 100 song lyrics he selects, Tennant offers nuggets of observation, commentary and context that, together with his waspish, affectionate, sharply drawn preface, leave you tickled but wanting more, and searching for further clues. Which is Tennant to a T: cautiously candid, fleet of foot, wielding his pen like a rapier."" - Dans Cairns, Sunday Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR

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Neil Tennant is one half of the electronic pop music duo, the Pet Shop Boys, who have had four number one singles, released thirteen albums, written a musical and a ballet and toured the world several times. In the early 80s Neil was assistant editor of Smash Hits magazine.

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