{"product_id":"boy-on-fire-the-young-nick-cave-9781838953720","title":"Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock 'n' roll, \u003ci\u003eBoy on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful account of a singular, uncompromising artist, \u003ci\u003eBoy on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoy on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning biographical achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating read\u003c\/b\u003e, both as an occult history of Australian punk - it's hard not to like the sound of the Filth, a Sydney quartet whose audition for a major label involved their lead singer repeatedly head-butting a door - and a kind of rake's progress. -- Alexis Petridis * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngrossing\u003c\/b\u003e...forensically researched...a writer with his own stylistic flourishes who intimately understands the milieu he is writing about. -- Kitty Empire * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e[T]he kind of rock biography that makes all music writers feel inadequate by comparison. Ostensibly the story of Nick Cave's formative years, it is so \u003cb\u003ebeautifully constructed\u003c\/b\u003e that one is not just delivered besides the young Cave, but also next to the modern version. -- Ted Kessler * The New Cue *\u003cbr\u003eThere is plenty of humour in \u003ci\u003eBoy on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e...and beautiful moments, as well as delinquency and sadness...Hopefully Mordue will write a follow-up to this \u003cb\u003ehighly engaging\u003c\/b\u003e biography very soon. * Buzz Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e[H]is access to Cave and associates also creates an \u003cb\u003eunusually intimate \u003c\/b\u003eaccount. * Mojo *\u003cbr\u003eMordue's book offers total immersion in the artist's early years...\u003cb\u003epaints a vivid portrait\u003c\/b\u003e of an artist in the process of becoming * Uncut *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written...Mark Mordue expertly guides us on a journey as he narrates memories of Nick Cave from a middle-class background, trying to find his way in life in those wilder, often destructive early years. * Louder Than War *\u003cbr\u003e[an] expertly detailed account of the prodigious entertainer's early years. All the relevant voices have their say, creating a\u003cb\u003e wonderfully alive\u003c\/b\u003e picture of this tumultuous time...Anyone looking to join the dots of Cave's music and career will appreciate this work, as will those interested in how life shapes art. * Bookseller and Publisher *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNuanced and unflinching\u003c\/b\u003e, this conversational collection of stories and reminiscences paints a compelling picture of Cave, drawing on the friendships and creative influences that helped shape one of Australia's most enigmatic sons. * The Age *\u003cbr\u003eMordue's exploration of Cave's protean and dynamic artistic universe, and the boy at its heart - malanderer, badlander and fabulator - is \u003cb\u003erich, sensitive, rollicking \u003c\/b\u003eand, yes, \u003cb\u003etender\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Felicity Plunkett * The Australian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebeautiful book, evocative and sensual\u003c\/b\u003e, yet with an even-handed and at times critical treatment of its subject...Mordue's book reminds us that there is a human being behind the Black Crow King, the flaming scarecrow, the rampant misogynist, the empty undertaker's suit, the private schoolboy, or whatever else we might want to project onto Nick Cave. -- John Encarnacao * Sydney Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e[An] excellent new biography -- Tom Dunne * Irish Examiner *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eindispensable read\u003c\/b\u003e for dedicated Cave heads * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e powerful and unusually focused \u003c\/b\u003ebiography -- David Fricke, The Writer's Block, SiriusXM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: \tThe Journalist and the Singer Part I: \t\tThe Rider 1: \t\tSuch Is Life 2: \t\tKing and Country Part II: \t\tThe Good Son 3: \t\tMan in the Moon 4: \t\tDown by the River Part III: \t\tSonny's Burning 5: \t\tThe Word 6: \t\tDouble Trouble 7: \t\tZoo Music Girl 8: \t\tBoy Hero Part IV: \t\tGod's Hotel 9: \t\tShivers 10: \t\tFlight from Death 11: \t\tCrime and Punishment Epilogue: \tThe Singer and the Song","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413206671703,"sku":"9781838953720","price":14.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781838953720.jpg?v=1730519426","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/boy-on-fire-the-young-nick-cave-9781838953720","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}