GRANT & I PB

BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 - MOJO MAGAZINE & UNCUT MAGAZINE In early 77 I asked Grant if hed form a band with me. `No, was his blunt reply. Grant McLennan didnt want to be in a band. He couldnt play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. And yet, when Robert Forster wrote Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, McLennan couldnt resist a second invitation to become 80s indie sensation The Go Betweens. The friends would collaborate for three decades, until Grants premature death in 2006. Beautifully written - like lyrics, like prose - Grant & I is a rock memoir akin to no other. Part `making of, part music industry expose, part buddy-book, this is a delicate and perceptive celebration of creative endeavour. With wit and candour, Robert Forster pays tribute to a band who found huge success in the margins, having friendship at its heart.