Bedsit Disco Queen

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Bedsit Disco Queen
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Author Tracey Thorn
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography, music
Publisher Hachette Digital, Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date
February 2013
Media typePrint (paperback) and e-book
Pages384 pp (first edition)
ISBN 978-1-40551-398-2
Followed byNaked at the Albert Hall 

Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star is an autobiography written by Tracey Thorn, first published in February 2013. [1] [2] [3] The book received widespread critical acclaim and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. [4] The book was featured on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in March 2013. [5]

Reception

Writing for The Independent , Fiona Sturges stated that “Thorn is about as far removed from typical notions of a successful singer as it's possible to get. Which makes her ideal to report on the pop star experience, and the ever-shifting landscape of the British music scene of the Eighties and Nineties". [6]

In The Times , Lucy Denyer stated that "It is a beautifully written book, dryly funny and searingly honest about growing up, whether it was discovering feminism, or being slightly out of her depth as a 15-year-old at an Anti-Nazi League rally". [7]

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References

  1. Empire, Kitty (10 February 2013). "Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn – review". The Observer. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. Greenlaw, Lavinia (18 July 2013). "I was there, was I?". London Review of Books. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. Perrone, Pierre (22 February 2013). "Bedsit Disco Queen, By Tracey Thorn". The Independent. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. "Incredible praise for Tracey Thorn's memoir". www.virago.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
  5. "Book of the Week: Episode Guide". BBC Radio. BBC. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. Sturges, Fiona (3 Feb 2013). "Bedsit Disco Queen, By Tracey Thorn Virago £16.99. The reluctant pop star who came out of the wardrobe". The Independent . Retrieved 31 Mar 2018.
  7. Denyer, Lucy (24 Feb 2013). "Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star by Tracey Thorn". The Times . Retrieved 31 Mar 2018.