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Boy On Fire
The Young Nick Cave - Shortlisted for the ABIA Biography Book of the Year 2021
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The bestselling, award-winning and critically acclaimed biography of the young Nick Cave, by award-winning writer, Mark Mordue.
Shortlisted for the ABIA Biography Book of the Year 2021
A deeply beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of Australian rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story. This is a portrait of the artist as, first, a boy, and then a young man. It charts his family, friends, influences, milieu and, most of all, his music, revealing how Nick Cave shaped himself into the extraordinary artist he has become.
As well as a powerfully compelling biography of a singular, uncompromising artist, Boy on Fire is a fascinating social and cultural biography, a vivid and evocative rendering of the people, time and places that went into the making of Nick Cave – from the fast-running dark river and ghost gums of Wangaratta and the punk scene that hit staid 1970s Melbourne like an atom bomb, right through to the torn wallpaper, sticky carpet and manic energy of nights at St Kilda's Crystal Ballroom.
Boy on Fire is a stunning biographical achievement.
Praise for Boy on Fire:
'Mordue's exploration of Cave's protean and dynamic artistic universe, and the boy at its heart – malanderer, badlander and fabulator – is rich, sensitive, rollicking and, yes, tender' The Australian
'Boy on Fire is a beautiful book, evocative and sensual, yet with an even-handed and at times critical treatment of its subject' Sydney Review of Books
'All the relevant voices have their say, creating a wonderfully alive picture of this tumultuous time in modern Australian music ... on the page they glint with vitality and humour ... written with mercurial flair.' Books+Publishing
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Boy On Fire by Mark Mordue is a compelling exploration of Nick Cave's formative years, offering an insightful look into the experiences that shaped the iconic musician and writer. The biography delivers a vivid portrayal of Cave's early life in Australia, wrapped in a blend of creative ambition and personal struggles. Critics commend Mordue for his meticulous research and engaging storytelling, noting the book's ability to capture the essence of Cave's chaotic and inspired youth.
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ISBN: 9781460759653
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 December 2021
Country: Australia
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 35.0mm
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 521g
Pages: 432
About the Author
Mark Mordue is an Australian writer, journalist and editor. He is the author of Boy on Fire, the critically acclaimed biography of the young Nick Cave, which was shortlisted for the ABIA Biography Book of the Year in 2021, as well as the highly regarded poetry collection Darlinghurst Funeral Rites (Transit Lounge, 2017), and the memoir Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip (Allen & Unwin, 2001), which was shortlisted for the 2002 Qantas/City of Brisbane Asia-Pacific Travel Writing Prize. His journalism has been published in Rolling Stone,Vogue, GQ, Interview, The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald. He was the recipient of a 1992 Human Rights Media Award and the 2010 Pascall Prize for Australian Critic of the Year, and was co-winner of the 2014 Peter Blazey Fellowship, which recognises the development of an outstanding manuscript in the fields of biography, autobiography or life writing.
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