{"product_id":"this-year-365-songs-annotated-a-book-of-days-hardcover","title":"This Year: 365 Songs Annotated: A Book of Days - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Darnielle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Keogh\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollected and annotated lyrics from one of music's most visionary bards, John Darnielle. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of rapturous beauty, \u003ci\u003eThis Year: 365 Songs Annotated\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of John Darnielle through his most meaningful songs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his early days recording on a boom box, through the evolution of the Mountain Goats from a solo project to a full band, to his continued influence on indie music, \u003ci\u003eThis Year\u003c\/i\u003e pairs the definitive texts of 365 John Darnielle songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. These commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his family and friends; his wife, Lalitree Darnielle; his longtime collaborator, Peter Hughes; and even his literary heroes, among many others. Here are the origins of \"This Year,\" \"No Children,\" \"The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton,\" and \"Up the Wolves,\" as well as Darnielle's literary influences, including Flannery O'Connor, Jorge Luis Borges, and Stephen King. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Year\u003c\/i\u003e, spanning decades, becomes the definitive literary record of one of the greatest songwriters and musical creative forces of all time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Darnielle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eDevil House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUniversal Harvester\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWolf in White Van\u003c\/i\u003e, all three \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. \u003ci\u003eWolf in White Van\u003c\/i\u003e was a National Book Award nominee and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for first fiction. \u003ci\u003eUniversal Harvester\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Locus Award. Dwight Garner wrote in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ethat \u003ci\u003eDevil House\u003c\/i\u003e is \"never quite the book you think it is. It's better.\" Darnielle lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and sons when he's not on the road touring with his band the Mountain Goats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.25 x 6.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337003295085,"sku":"9780374606497","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/o7ka9GCcrk9780374606497.webp?v=1778922846","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/this-year-365-songs-annotated-a-book-of-days-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}