Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn

''A compelling personal account of the dramas of a singular British band'' Neil Tennant

The trajectory of Suede - hailed in infancy as both ''The Best New Band in Britain'' and ''effete southern wankers'' - is recalled with moving candour by its frontman Brett Anderson, whose vivid memoir swings seamlessly between the tender, witty, turbulent, euphoric and bittersweet.

Suede began by treading the...