WINNER OF THE RALPH J. GLEASON AWARDINCLUDES FOREWORD BY JOHNNY MARRAward-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage's definitive history of punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and their time: the late 1970s.A pop-culture classic full of anecdote, insight and exclusive interviews, England's Dreaming tells the sensational story of the meteoric rise and rapid decline of the last great rock'n' roll band and the cultural moment they came to define.'The definitive history of the English punk movement.'NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Still the strongest history of punk.'GUARDIAN'The best book about punk rock and pop culture ever.'NME

Jon Savage is a bestselling author, broadcaster and journalist. His books includeEngland's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock,Teenage: The Creation of Youth, 1875-1945 and1966: The Year The Decade Exploded. He has written sleevenotes for Wire, St. Etienne and the Pet Shop Boys, among others, and his compilations include: Meridian 1970 (Heavenly/EMI 2005); Queer Noises: From the Closest to the Charts 1961 - 1976 (Trikont 2006); and Dreams Come True: Classic Electro 1982-87 (Domino 2008). His most recent book is the top ten bestsellingThis Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History.