The Hacienda

Praise for the UK Publication of THE HACIENDA: “A frank memoir of altruism, idealism, and breathless incompetence.” - Uncut magazine (5 stars)“Had the Hacienda not been run by a bunch of Manchester chancers it wouldn’t have been half the club it was, nor would Hook’s account be half as riveting.” - Time Out“Entertaining … Hook is revealed as a born anecdotalist … engaging and hilarious.” - Sunday Times“Saturated with gleeful hedonism, Hook’s memoir includes frank admissions of eye-popping commercial ineptitude, which gives the book a restless energy.” - Financial Times“Packed with period detail and tales of debauchery, gangsters, and especially, as the title promises, how not to run a club.” - Under the Radar, 7 1⁄2 out of 10 starsLike Don Quixote on Ecstasy - Rolling Stone, 3 1⁄2 starsPraise for UNKNOWN PLEASURES: “There is perhaps no better demonstration of the complexities of life and art than the fact that a history of Joy Division is often laugh-out-loud funny. [Unknown Pleasures] gives back this mythologized band its humanity [and] shows hindsight truly can be great. It is also heart-rending, ruthless and redemptive.” - Michael Azerrad, Wall Street Journal“Honest, punchy, and rough-hewn … a portal into a vivid moment in rock history … the life and times of a working band … and, in the middle of it all, the transformative power of music.” - Los Angeles Times“Unflinchingly honest … Hook peels away the romantic sheen colored by its dark history and gives unfettered insight into the band’s origins and inspirations … this is required reading for anyone who ever felt moved by Joy Division’s cold, dark music.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“A candid, revelatory, and unexpectedly witty survey of post-punk’s greatest (if shortest-lived) band … Peter Hook avails himself an engaging, unpretentious celebrity storyteller. It’s high time we got a firsthand account of Manchester’s most influential pop quartet, an impassioned deposition by a principal player rather than tenuously-connected kinsman or bystander.” - Cleveland Music Examiner“The most colorful and intimate account of Joy Division ever written … a marvelous raconteur[, ] Hook evokes the spirit of the age with a bluff authenticity that no outsider could hope to emulate, as if this self-styled “working class tosser from Salford” was holding court in a pub, explaining the creation of his band’s remarkable music with all the passion and insight it deserves.” - Keith Cameron, MOJO“Reading UNKNOWN PLEASURES … is like talking to a bawdy uncle after his fourth beer. But better, unless your uncle has stories about trying cocaine for the first time at the Pretty in Pink premiere. Apparently being in the saddest post-punk art-goth band in history can occasionally be pretty fucking funny.” - MTV Hive

Peter Hook was born in Salford, England, in 1956. He was a founding member of Joy Division and New Order, and now tours both bands’ music with his new group, Peter Hook and the Light. He also DJs, promoting Fac 51 and The Haçienda Classical concerts around the world. He lives in Cheshire, England, with his wife, Rebecca, and children, Heather, Jack, and Jessica, and their dogs, Wilma and Bo.