Ronson’s talent as a writer enables him to render this privilege, the background glamour, his awkward stumbles as well as successes, with a kind of wry, soft self-deprecation that is genuinely endearing ... Earnest ... The debauchery – of the best and worst kind – is alluded to rather than gratuitously revelled in ... A vivid social and cultural snapshot.
The elegiac tone Mark Ronson strives for here doesn’t quite come off (he’s much better when he looks for the comedy in a situation), but no matter. Night People stands out as one of the most purely enjoyable music books of recent years.
