And the Ass Saw the Angel

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Summary: probably the best piece of fiction ever.
Review: this is the best book i've ever read. i doubt it will ever be matched. it's so full of language and descriptions and it dosn't let up for a second. i'm probably doing it a disservice by even trying to describe it.
don't even bother reading all the revies and just buy the thing. if you don't fall in love with euchrid, even for all his misguided antics, you clearly have no soul. it's moving and it will probably disturb you as well, but that's obviously what nick was out to do with this book. in any case, it will change the way you hear his music and probably the way you look at the world.

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Summary: FINALLY!
Review: Well, it took me long enough to find this book, but after much searching, I managed to get my greedy little hands on a British first edition which had never been read (if that's not a rarity, I don't know what is!). All I can say is Brilliant. This novel reads like a sprawling epic song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, very rooted in the theme of their 1985 classic, "Tupelo" which proclaims "The firstborn is dead," "a child is born at his brother's heels," "a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw," etc. All of these elements and elements from Cave songs, released before and after ATASTA, show up here. Nick adapts his writing style to the medium of the novel with stunning ease and quickly sucks you into his twisted vision. I know that this book is extremely difficult to find, but if you can get hold of a copy, don't ever let go...it's priceless.