{"product_id":"9781460786338_boy-on-fire","title":"Boy On Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling, award-winning and critically acclaimed biography of the young Nick Cave, by award-winning writer, Mark Mordue.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the ABIA Biography Book of the Year 2021\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deeply beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of Australian rock 'n' roll, \u003cem\u003eBoy on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as a powerfully compelling biography of a singular, uncompromising artist, \u003cem\u003eBoy on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoy on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning biographical achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem style=\"\" font-size:=\"\" letter-spacing:=\"\"\u003eBOY ON FIRE\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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' \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eBoy On Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful book, evocative and sensual, yet with an even-handed and at times critical treatment of its subject' \u003cem style=\"\" font-size:=\"\" letter-spacing:=\"\"\u003eSydney Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.' \u003cem\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Mordue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46899982499989,"sku":"9781460786338","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460786338_4f977877-7f3d-4e3f-872c-43594995e418.jpg?v=1776888349","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460786338_boy-on-fire","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}