As were his bios of Jerry Lee Lewis and Dean Martin. Liked his anthology Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll, too.
I also read his novel Cut Number. Quite good. Keep meaning to read Trinities.
Mark
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> From: donthepoet420@gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:09:41 -0600
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: more "Publishers as Filters"
>
> Nick Tosches has a vampire novel? Holy moley! He's a great writer!
> Check out his COUNTRY; THE TWISTED ROOTS OF ROCK N ROLL. Awesome book.
>
> On 1/28/10, Frederick Zackel <fzackel@wcnet.org> wrote:
> > From Publishers Lunch (January 27, 2010)
> >
> > "Stefan Petrucha's BLOOD PROPHECY, set during Napoleon's late-18th-century
> > invasion of Egypt, featuring a "vampire Indiana Jones" who searches for
> > ancient clues in an effort to become human again, to Alex Logan at Grand
> > Central ...."
> >
> > A vampire Indy Jones. Uh-huh.
> >
> > "Nick Tosches' new novel about vampires who move in the bars and streets and
> > subterranean places of New York City's night, to Michael Pietsch at Little,
> > Brown, who will edit, for publication in Fall 2012, by Tosches ..."
> >
> > Mmmm. Nightlife, eh? Showy? Flashy? Glitzy Vampires?
> >
> > "No. 1 NYT bestelling author of Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael
> > Jackson, Ian Halperin pulls back the curtain on another celebrity whose
> > identity cannot be revealed, to Lynn Grady at William Morrow, with Matthew
> > Benjamin editing, for publication in September 2010, by Jarred Weisfeld at
> > Objective Entertainment (world)."
> >
> > Wait! Wait a minute!
> >
> > Michael Jackson's not dead.
> >
> > He's coming back!
> >
> > To put the bite on us!!!
> >
> > Quick! Call my agent!!
> >
> > Michael Jackson has risen from the dead! Hallejuah!!
> >
> > "Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself alive ... who can
> > sing and dance and whoop and bling ..."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> "Go soothingly on the greasy mud, for therein lies the skid demon."
> -- Chinese Road Sign
>
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