Pre-order for Ben Wardle’s Mark Hollis: Perfekte Stille starts on 17 September.

The first comprehensive biography of Talk Talk founder, singer and former pop star Mark Hollis will be published in German for the first time.

In his acclaimed book, Ben Wardle tells the story of the man behind Talk Talk, drawing on original interviews with people from every stage of his life: musical collaborators, old school friends, industry figures, and those who knew him in the years after his retreat from public life.

It is the story of a musician who became a pop star, broke with the conventions of pop through landmark albums such as Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, and then withdrew almost entirely from public life.

With a foreword to the German edition by @thorstennagelschmidt
Cover photograph: @colinhawkinsphotography
Original edition published by @rocket88books

Publication date: 26 November 2026.
Pre-order opens: 17 September 2026.