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Richard: A Novel these things far more memorably and distinctively himself, most notably on his final album with the Manics, "The Holy Bible"...Set against this existing body of work, the task Myers has set himself seems somewhat pointless...it is hard to escape the feeling that this is less a novel than a music biography written in the first and second person.” When issued as a mass market paperback in October 2011 "Richard" received a much more positive review in "The Guardian". Richard: A Novel Richard: A Novel is a book by English author and journalist Ben Myers about musician Richey Edwards. Edwards, who