Touching from a Distance：Ian Curtis and Joy Division

Thisistheonlyin-depthbiographicalaccountofthelegendaryleadsingerofJoyDivision,writtenbyhiswidow.Reveredbyhispeersandidolisedbyhisfans,IanCurtisleftbehindalegacyrichinartisticgenius.Butalthoughmesmerisingonstage,inhisprivatelifehewasintrovertedandhaddesperatemoodswings.In"TouchingfromaDistance"hiswidowpiecestogetherwhy-despitehisimpendinginternationalfameandyoungfamily-Curtistookhisownlifeon18May1980.Regardedastheessentialbookontheessentialiconofthepost-punkera,"TouchingfromaDistance"includesafullsetofCurtis'lyrics,discographyandgiglist.