{"product_id":"9781460797860_detours","title":"Detours","description":"\u003cp\u003eA charming, honest, funny, sad, tender and beautiful literary memoir, from Tim Rogers of You Am I. Think Patti Smith meet Dylan Thomas, by way of Banjo Paterson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Rogers is a beautiful writer, both literate and lyrical ... \u003cem\u003eDetours\u003c\/em\u003e makes most rock memoirs look like How to Hypnotise Chooks. A heartbreaking work of staggering honesty.' \u003cem\u003eWest Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"\" font-size:=\"\" letter-spacing:=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"\" font-size:=\"\" letter-spacing:=\"\"\u003e'Of all the utterances delivered to me by strangers, my least favourite after \"\"We can no longer legally serve you\"\" would have to be, \"\"Well, that isn't very rock'n'roll.\"\"'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Rogers of You Am I has always been a complicated man: a hard-drinking musician with the soul of a poet; a flamboyant flâneur; a raconteur, a romantic and a raffish ne'er-do-well. In this offbeat, endearing memoir, Tim walks us through years jam-packed with love, shame, joy, enthusiasms, regrets, fights, family - and music, always music. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of real grace and tenderness, \u003cem\u003eDetours\u003c\/em\u003e is often impossibly sad and beautiful - but also full of wit, wordplay and punching jolts of larrikin energy to make you laugh out loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Rogers is a beautiful memoirist ... [\u003cem\u003eDetours\u003c\/em\u003e is] an authentic, beautiful, unusual - and yes, brave - book that stands up on its own as a strong work of literature.' \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The good news is that our Tim can write. Every sentence trails a floaty scarf. A few of them have a floppy hat over one eye.' Don Walker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful writer, Tim Rogers takes you where you want to go.' Robert Forster \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"\" font-size:=\"\" letter-spacing:=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e'Artfully written and reflective ... descriptive, insightful and anecdote-rich' \u003cem style=\"\" font-size:=\"\" letter-spacing:=\"\"\u003eHerald Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Bitter-sweet ... a twisty, soulful ramble through a life. He writeswith wistful passion about his loves, wishes and shortcomings.' \u003cem\u003eAustralian Women's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tim Rogers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46900150861973,"sku":"9781460797860","price":43.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460797860_bb9f5029-daf0-44d8-9fe3-bb09c98c8f82.jpg?v=1776889793","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460797860_detours","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}