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by James Acaster (Author)
"January 2017. James Acaster wakes up hungover and heartbroken in New York. Luckily, there is one thing he can rely on for comfort: music. In true Acaster fashion, this leads him to embark on a very specific mission: to buy as much music as he can released in 2016, the year before everything went wrong ... Some albums are life-changing masterpieces, others are 'Howdilly Doodilly' by Okilly Dokilly, a metalcore album devoted to The Simpsons character Ned Flanders. But all of them play a part in the year that James gets his life back on track"--Publisher's description.
Author Biography
James Acaster was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire in 1985.
He left school age 17 so he could play drums in a band called The Wow! Scenario with his friend Graeme. Three people, including the people in the band, liked the band. He began performing stand-up comedy in January 2008. He has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award five times and has appeared on Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, Live At The Apollo and Russell Howard's Good News.
