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vii List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgements xi ‘Dwellers on the Threshold’: A Prologue to the Book 1 1 ‘Here is a Protest’: Intervention and Recovery in Dexys 11 Midnight Runners 2 The Importance of Being (London) Irish: Hybridity, 59 Essentialism and The Pogues 3 ‘Oscillate Wildly’: Ambivalence, Elusiveness and The Smiths 102 Coda: From the Margins to the Centre 145 Notes & References 159 Bibliography, Discography, Interviews, 225 Films & TV/Radio Programmes Index 250 Contents ...

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