Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys

A deeply moving and engaging memoir by Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst, cofounder of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Cure

As two of the first punks in a provincial English town, Lol Tolhurst and Robert Smith didn't have it easy. Outsiders from the start, theirs was a friendship based initially on proximity and a shared love of music. They began playing together in pubs and soon developed their own unique style and approach to songwriting, resulting in timeless songs that sparked a deep sense of identification and empathy in listeners and spawning a new subculture dubbed "Goth" by the press. But there was also a dark side to The Cure's intense and bewildering success. Tolhurst was nursing a growing alcoholism that would destroy his place in The Cure and nearly end his life.

Intensely lyrical and evocative, gripping and unforgettable, this is the definitive story of a singular band whose legacy endures many decades hence, told from the point of view of a participant and eyewitness who was there when it happened--and even before it all began.

• World In My Eyes: The Autobiography
• Set the Boy Free: The Autobiography
• Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
• The Cure: A Perfect Dream
• Substance: Inside New Order
• Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me
• Mixed Up (Deluxe Edition)(3CD)
• Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s
• The Cure: Ten Imaginary Years
• A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths