Strange things happen: a life with the Police, polo, and pygmies by Stewart Copeland. 330 pp.
A really entertaining autobiography by the drummer from 80s band The Police. Copeland's a good storyteller, and the book is presented in short chapters like diary entries--some of the chapters were blog posts originally. That structure is much more flexible than a traditional linear biography narrative. Plus he's had a really interesting life, starting with growing up in Beirut while his father worked with Kim Philby at the CIA. Only the last quarter of the book is about being in The Police. His descriptions of how it feels to be a musician--how it feels to play, or compose, or arrange--were particularly well done.
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