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"This book is as much about him as it is me," Hook writes of Curtis, who struggled through medical, financial and romantic upheaval throughout Joy Division's lifespan. The passages that detail the singer's battle with epilepsy -- Curtis' band mates on several occasions dropped their instruments and rushed to his aid when he suffered a midshow seizure
-- are particularly stirring. The book, which takes its title from the name of Joy Division's 1979 debut studio album, is truly a pleasurable read, but the reasons are far from unknown. For Joy Division purists, Hook doesn't hold back. The pages ooze with tales of sex, drugs and rock
'n' roll, all told in the author's plain-spoken, if not coarse, style. "Unknown Pleasures" works on a completely different level, though. At its core, the book is more character study than band bio. And for that, the pleasure is all ours. ___ Online:
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