<DIV><p>The Cure are one of the most respected and well-loved of rock’s survivors, traceable right back to punk’s fabled Bromley Contingent. <i>In Between Days</i> is the first book to make sense of a uniquely versatile band who are far more than the goth band, documenting their development from the new wave of 1979’s <i>Boys Don’t Cry</i>, the existential rock of <i>Seventeen Seconds</i>, the joyous pop of <i>Wish</i>, the dark beauty of <i>Disintegration</i>—right up to the majesty of <i>Bloodflowers</i> and 2004’s <i>The Cure</i>, consecutive twenty-first-century masterpieces.</p><p><i>In Between Days</i> also studies Robert Smith’s brilliant interweaving of literary influences, from Mervyn Peake and Coleridge to Albert Camus and Jean Cocteau, to make a fascinating album-by-album, track-by-track study.</p></DIV>