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When I Died for the First Time

By: Tim Booth
Narrated by: Tim Booth, Pippa Nixon
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Summary

Meet Seth Brakes. Musician. Reluctant romantic. Inherent troublemaker. Addict.

And three hundred and twenty days sober.

After a near-death experience, Seth is carving a new path for himself. Having reformed the band — the infamous Lucky Fuckers — things are looking up for Seth: gigs are falling back into the diary, he's in love and finally getting back to what he enjoys most: writing music.

That is until his past starts to creep up on him . . .

A dark comedy that is painfully honest, original and dynamically told, When I Died For the First Time is a raw account of a man tested his uppermost limits, hitting legendary highs and crashing to catastrophic lows. It's a tale of second chances, love lost and gained, and coming back to yourself: a story that stays with you long after you've stopped listening.

©2024 Tim Booth (P)2025 Tim Booth Dark Humour Literature & Fiction
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This is what an audio book should be, story that grips you and brought to life by the narrators. Well done mr booth, when is the next one? Loved it

Fantastic performance

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I bought the hardback at one of the James shows in Manchester last year. Waited to read it until I could hear Tim’s narration - so glad I did. Wonderful voice and performance. Thank you Tim!

Perfect narration

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A nice story that blends strong themes like childhood violence or addictions with funny moments and images unveiling Booth experience of the music industry and rock music. Above all a book about love in all its possible meanings. Amazing performance in the audiobook, including great pieces of music.

A wonderful book and a great performance

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what a ride, what a life, what wonder. I loved listening to this fantastic story

incredible

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I couldn't help thinking the band in the story had a very Libertines/Babyshambles feel to it, not to it's detriment, i just thought it was there. Tim Booth is a fantastic voice actor, as was everyone involved. Top notch production. Really good. You don't have to be a fan of James to gain any enjoyment from it. It has absolutely nothing to do with the band and as far as I know just a work of very good story telling.

Tim Booth REALLY sounds like Matt Smith. Anyway. Really good listen, made better by the narrators.

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