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Praise for Withdrawn Traces

Excellent ... with its precise, abundant detail ... it is a haunting depiction of a person going missing before he ever vanished.

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The day Richey Edwards disappeared

The day Richey Edwards disappeared

On 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, vanished from his London hotel room. Withdrawn Traces, written with Richey’s sister Rachel, brings us closer to the truth than ever before. This extract describes the day Richey went missing.