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Nick Cave : mercy on me

Kleist, Reinhard, 1970-2017
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Musician, novelist, poet, actor: Nick Cave (b. 1957) is a Renaissance man. His wide-ranging artistic output always uncompromising, hypnotic, and intense is defined by an extraordinary gift for storytelling. In Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, Reinhard Kleist employs a cast of characters drawn from Cave's music and writing to tell the story of a formidable artist and influencer. Kleist paints an expressive and enthralling portrait of Cave's childhood in Australia; his early years fronting The Birthday Party; the sublime highs of his success with The Bad Seeds; and the crippling lows of his battle with heroin. Capturing everything from Cave's frenzied performances in Berlin to the tender moments he spent with love and muse Anita Lane, Kleist's graphic biography, like Cave's songs, is by turns electrifying, sentimental, morbid, and comi but always engrossing.
Main title:
Nick Cave : mercy on me / Reinhard Kleist ; translated from German to English by Michael Waaler.
Author:
Imprint:
London SelfMadeHero, 2017.©2017
Collation:
321 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Translation of: Nick Cave : mercy on me.Originally published in German by Carlsen, 2017.Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the German.
Contents:
1. The hammer song -- 2. Where the wild roses grow -- 3. And the ass saw the angel -- 4. The mercy seat -- 5. Higgs boson blues.
Funding:
"The translation of this work was supported by the Goethe-Institut" -- Title page verso.
ISBN:
97819105933631910593362
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
332319
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