Author:Henry Rollins
'If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light, If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.'
Henry Rollins, renowned spoken-word performer, musician, actor and author of several books, has a unique, hard-edged view of the world. This collection of writings from 1989 - 1991 is the classic Rollins book.
From dramatic fiction shorts detailing stark, disturbing realities to gut-wrenching tour journals destroying all misconceptions of the glamour of fame and the music industry; from the challenging poetry to revealing dream sequences, Rollins' writing is unflinching in its honesty, uncompromising in its truth and irresistibly addictive.
An intelligent and perceptive man.
—— GuardianIreland's number-one statesman.
—— Irish PostStuart Maconie is the best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton
—— Peter KayAn heir to Alan Bennett ... stirring and rather wonderful
—— Antony Quinn , Sunday TimesIf you only read one personal music odyssey, make it this one
—— GQWitty and wise, with more good lines than the Angel of the North
—— Hunter DaviesA working class boy who now, on air, challenges Stephen Fry's spry wit, Maconie celebrates his younger self modestly and fluently, pausing only for regular rib-ticklers
—— MojoMaconie makes a jovial, self-deprecating narrator. Sharp and funny
—— GuardianExuberantly anecdotal, witty and poignant
—— GQ