THE DEBUT NOVEL BY JAMES FRONTMAN, TIM BOOTH Meet Seth Brakes. Musician. Reluctant romantic. Inherent troublemaker. Addict. And three hundred and twenty days sober. After a near-death experience, Seth is carving a new path for himself. Having reformed the band the infamous Lucky Fuckers things are looking up for Seth: gigs are falling back into the diary, hes in love and finally getting back to what he enjoys most: writing music. That is until his past starts to creep up on him . . . A dark comedy that is painfully honest, original and dynamically told, When I Died For the First Time is a raw account of a man tested his uppermost limits, hitting legendary highs and crashing to catastrophic lows. Its a tale of second chances, love lost and gained, and coming back to yourself: a story that stays with you long after youve turned the last page..