Touching from a Distance

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Touching From A Distance is a memoir written by Deborah Curtis. It details her life and marriage with Ian Curtis, lead singer of the 1970s British post-punk rock band Joy Division. In the book, Deborah Curtis speaks of Ian's infidelity, their troubled marriage, Ian's volatile, sometimes troubled personality, and of his health problems (which included epileptic seizures) that likely led to his tragic suicide in 1980, on the eve of Joy Division's first U.S. tour.

The book has been used as a reference for the film Control, in which Deborah Curtis was a co-producer.

The title is a reference to a line in one of Joy Division's most popular songs Transmission.

[edit] Publishing details

• Curtis, Deborah (1995). Touching from a Distance - Ian Curtis and Joy Division. Faber and Faber Limited. ISBN 0-571-17445-0.