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DEATH IN JUNE (BOOK REVIEW)

MISERY AND PURITY: A HISTORY AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATION
by ROBERT FORBES

Within the 223 pages can be found an exhaustive and, dare we say, obsessive overview of Death In June. It contains many never-before-seen photos and brings together under one cover various concert flyers and reviews. Forbes was a fan of Douglas P and Tony Wakeford's first musical mobilisation, Crisis. And there is plenty for those interested in that little acorn from which the mighty oak of DIJ did grow.

Misery and Purity is, as its sub-title freely admits, one person's view, and should be read accordingly. We are sure many people, including some members and ex-members of DIJ, may have a different recollection and view from the author, and mixed feelings about the publication of some of the photos.

The book is worth buying for an early posed Crisis photo, in which the reader can view, in the privacy of his/her own home, a young Tony Wakeford as an anorexic skinhead and an equally youthful Douglas P with an exceedingly dodgy haircut. It is a must for any serious DIJ collector.

Amended: 20 October 1995

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