Book 47 - Ian Johnstone "Bad Seed"
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jazzy_daveIan Johnstone "Bad Seed" (Abacus)
This book is quite an enjoyable read but it could have been so much better.
The writing is a bit stilted, mostly due to the author composing the book largely out of long, often multi-paragraph quotes interspersed with his own descriptions and analysis of the goings-on in the lives of Cave and his bandmates. The most jarring issue I had with Johnson's writing was the rather frequent insertion of seemingly unrelated anecdotes in the middle of descriptions of otherwise cohesive narratives. That said, I'd definitely recommend this book to fans of Cave's work. Hopefully, somebody will write a more cogent and authoritative book on the band. Meanwhile, this 1996 paperback is a good place to start.
This book is quite an enjoyable read but it could have been so much better.
The writing is a bit stilted, mostly due to the author composing the book largely out of long, often multi-paragraph quotes interspersed with his own descriptions and analysis of the goings-on in the lives of Cave and his bandmates. The most jarring issue I had with Johnson's writing was the rather frequent insertion of seemingly unrelated anecdotes in the middle of descriptions of otherwise cohesive narratives. That said, I'd definitely recommend this book to fans of Cave's work. Hopefully, somebody will write a more cogent and authoritative book on the band. Meanwhile, this 1996 paperback is a good place to start.
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