May 20, 2009

Piecing Together That Voice on the Barroom Floor

"Mr. Hoskyns guile, dogged work and Nick Hornbyesque likability place him a notch above the average rock biographer. His book lights up and whirls like one of the greasy carnival rides in Mr. Waits’s own sprawling oeuvre."

Today's NY Times has a review of Barney Hoskyns new Tom Waits bio, Lowside of the Road. Read the whole thing here. You can check out an excerpt of the actual book by clicking here.

Also, thanks to Joly, here is a video from a recent Q&A Hoskyns did in NYC to promote the book:

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