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Don't Mention the Night Hazim Saghieh and encroached upon by violenceWriting about Nick Drake leads seventeen year old David to Nottingham, where, in the late 1970s, he encounters the formidable singer songwriter Kevin Coyne and, most weeks, goes to see local legends, Gaffa. This original, beguiling memoir weaves Belbins story,from teenage depression to becoming a best selling author, together with those of Drake, Coyne and Gaffa, drawing on interviews conducted over forty four years. David Belbins books include The