'If I had known Richey Edwards there's no way I could have written it'

Ben Myers's fictionalised account of what happened to the Manic Street Preachers guitarist was always going to upset people, including the band's bassist, Nicky Wire. So why did he write it?You don't write a fictionalised account of Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards's final days without causing a bit of a stir. And so Ben Myers has found himself caught in a hailstorm of high praise and abuse surrounding the publication of Richard, his novel that traces the life of the Manics icon f...

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