Richard by Ben Myers – review

Paul Owen finds the story of a missing guitarist fails to hit the right noteOn 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, the rhythm guitarist and co-lyricist of the Welsh band Manic Street Preachers, walked out of a London hotel and disappeared. His car was found near the Severn Bridge two weeks later, and he was declared legally dead in 2008. The band carried on without him, adopting a more commercial sound and going on to considerable mainstream success.Ben Myers's novel is an attempt to fictionalise w...

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