The complete lyrics from cultural icon and bestselling author Nick Cave,spanning his entire career to date,with a new foreword by Andrew O'HaganFrom Nick Cave's writing for The Birthday Party,through highly acclaimed albums like Murder Ballads,Henry's Dream,DIG,LAZARUS,DIG!!! and Ghosteen,this is a must-have book for all fans of the dark,the beautiful and the defiant - for all fans of the songs of Nick Cave.'The greatest living songwriter'NME'A glowing wire,a mainline to meaning ad feeling and art'New Yorker'Nick Cave is a true lyrical master. He can conjure empathy and hope out of thin air,light out of darkness'Cillian Murphy'His lyrics - so rich in the toils of love,so committed to memory and everlasting presence - are the best-made of his generation'Andrew O'Hagan'A poetic craftsman'Will Self'Alternative rock legend'Billboard'Cave's genius rings loud and clear'Evening StandardCover art by Aleksandra Waliszewska
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241990155Number of pages: 640Weight: 461 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 35 mm
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Nick Cave is surely Australia's finest living songwriterHe is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian artist - beyond comparison,beyond genre,beyond disputeCave's lyrics deal with passion on the edge,are peopled with mad bayou preachers,black-hearted lovers and killers. His language is rich,poetic,apocalypticRichly poetic creations which live a second life on the page. Essential reading
Nick Cave
Nick Cave is an Australian rock musician and author,best known for the novels And the Ass Saw the Angel and The Death of Bunny Munro.
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