Monday, March 5, 2012

In the Hand of Dante.

NICK TOSCHES Little, Brown 343 pages **

Tosches is one of the more intoxicating, infuriating writers around. A specialist in the seamy side of popular music--he has written thrilling biographies of Jerry Lee Lewis (Hellfire) and Dean Martin (Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams)--the author is also a lyrical chronicler of Mafia culture and a formidable scholar of the classics. In this …

No comments:

Post a Comment