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Alternatives to Valium: How Punk Rock Saved a Shy Boy's Life
Alastair McKay
Alternatives to Valium is a joyful smash-hit memoir set in the pre-internet days of record shops, typewriters, fanzines, DIY punk bands, mass unemployment and creative ingenuity.
256 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 7, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9781846975813 |
| Publishers | Birlinn General |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 233 × 152 × 26 mm · 399 g |
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