Romany and Tom: A Memoir - Softcover

Born in 1962, Ben Watt is a musician, songwriter, DJ, and author. His first book, Patient, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He is most well-known for his twenty-year career in the alt­pop duo Everything But The Girl. He is also an international club and radio DJ, and since 2003 has run his own record labels. His first solo album in thirty years is expected in 2014. He lives in north London with his wife, Tracey Thorn, and their three children.
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“In the end, Watt casts an illuminating light on those strange figures he calls parents, and on ours.” ―Publishers Weekly

"Ben Watt's harrowing, candid account . . . lives on in the mind. A fine testimonial to his fortitude and his powers as a writer." ―William Boyd, Sunday Times Book of the Year, on Patient

“Quiet elegance and ringing epiphanic lyricism. Watt's writing shares these qualities and his book is a nearly flawless telling of his unexpected and drawn-out battle.” ―New Yorker

“Though the details of his illness are terrifying, Watt's spare, delicate prose and natural humility are sweet enough to make this bitter pill of a book go down like candy.” ―Entertainment Weekly

“Told with great wit and without self-pity, Patient is a sobering look at how life can suddenly be transformed.” ―New York Times Book Review

“Watt's vivid, minimal prose unfolds like a page-turning mystery, quietly drawing in the reader.” ―Los Angeles Times

“The reader comes away with an unforgettable understanding of the transformative nature of severe illness . . . Few have told such a compelling life-story as skillfully as the London-born Watt.” ―San Francisco Chronicle