Boy on Fire [electronic resource] : The Young Nick Cave
Mark Mordue2022
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A brilliant and soulful biography of one of today's most acclaimed
singer-songwriters, Nick Cave.
An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of
the dark prince of rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story, a
portrait of the artist first as a boy, then as a young man. A deeply insightful
work which charts his family, friends, influences, milieu and, most of all, his
music, it reveals how Nick Cave shaped himself into the extraordinary artist he
would become.
A powerful account of a singular, uncompromising artist, Boy on Fire is also a
vivid and evocative rendering of a time and place, from the fast-running dark
rivers and ghost gums of country-town Australia to the torn wallpaper, sticky
carpet and manic energy of the nascent punk scene which hit staid 1970s
Melbourne like an atom bomb.
Boy on Fire is a stunning biographical achievement.
"A fascinating read, both as an occult history of Australian punk - it's hard
not to l...
Main title:
Boy on Fire [electronic resource] : The Young Nick Cave / Mark Mordue
Author:
Mark Mordue, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : W. F. Howes, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (277 MB, 10:07:16 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Heath Miller
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781004075409
Language:
English
BRN:
448638
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |