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When I Died for the First Time

By: Tim Booth
Narrated by: Tim Booth, Pippa Nixon
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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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Saw the announcements that this coming on James fb page over the last week or so..the cynic in me wasn’t convinced , but I go thru a couple of books a week while working and I would've always tried this eventually. So as it was out on the day I needed a new listen I gave it a go….I was even more dubious when I noticed it was read by author, there are some very gifted authors who are bloody awful narrators…but not in this case. It’s great story of people trying to navigate their lives, their relationships with each other, with their families, their pasts and themselves all while trying to earn a living from a career utterly detrimental to being able to do any of these successfully ..told with empathy and compassion thru characters you come to care about and read brilliantly…what’s not like?? Thoroughly recommend it!

Loved it!

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This is not a read for the faint- hearted. A story of a traumatic childhood for a sensitive creative soul and the blind use of ever worse substances to numb the pain of existence that comes from early neglect. The desperation for unconditional love feels visceral throughout the book. The dark underbelly of fame and the music industry laid bare. The author /narrator (usually a bad choice) was outstandingly brilliant, very moving and perfectly paced.
Couldn’t decide if it was fact or fiction. It felt like an autobiography.

THe writing and performance is honest, painfully raw and without brakes.

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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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