Sara Hawys Roberts: Withdrawn Traces

by Hawys Roberts, Sara & Noakes, Leon & Edwards, Rachel

ISBN: 9780753545348

Published: 2019-01-31

On 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers went missing. On the eve of a promotional trip to America, he vanished from his London hotel room, his car later discovered near the Severn Bridge, a notorious suicide spot. Over two decades later, Richey's disappearance remains one of the most moving, mysterious and unresolved episodes in recent pop culture history. Amid the controversy and conflicting theories lie scant clues and a living nightmare for Richey's closest friends and relatives. For those with a basic grasp of the facts, the official story published in the music press, Richey's suicide seems obvious and undeniable. However, a closer investigation of his actions in the weeks and months before his disappearance just don't add up, and until now few have dared to ask the important questions. Withdrawn Traces is the first book written with the co-operation of the Edwards family, testimony from Richey's closest friends and unprecedented and...