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Cross uncovers plenty of news, mostly grim and gripping. As a teen, Cobain said he had "suicide genes," and his clan was peculiarly defiant: one of his suicidal relatives stabbed his own belly in front of his family, then ripped apart the wound in the hospital. Cobain was contradictory: a sweet, popular teen athlete and sinister berserker, a kid who rescued injured pigeons and laughingly killed a cat, a talented yet astoundingly morbid visual artist. He grew up to be a millionaire who slept in cars (and stole one), a fiercely loyal man who ruthlessly screwed his oldest, best friends. In fact, his essence was contradictions barely contained. Cross, the coauthor of Nevermind: Nirvana, the definitive book about the making of the classic album, puts numerous Cobain-generated myths to rest. (Cobain never lived under a bridge--that Aberdeen bridge immortalized in the 12th song on Nevermind was a tidal slough, so nobody could sleep under it.) He gives the fullest account yet of what it was like to be, or love, Kurt Cobain. Heavier Than Heaven outshines the also indispensable Come As You Are. It's the deepest book about pop's darkest falling star. --Tim Appelo
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Based on more than 400 interviews; four years of research; exclusive access to Cobain's unpublished diaries; and a wealth of documentation, Heavier Than Heaven traces Cobain's life from his early days in a trailer to his rise to fame and the adulation of a generation. Cross reveals the familial turmoil that fuelled Cobain's creativity and the unusual love story with Courtney Love. Drawing on medical and police reports. Cross reveals the truth about Cobain's health and his tragic final days. Charles Cross's work is a remarkable portrait of a creative genius. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001210789
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 6th Impression. Hardback. Heavier Than Heaven. Very slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. Kurt Cobain's life and death fast became rock'n'roll legend. The whorldwide success of his band, Nirvana, defined the music scene in the early 1990d and their songs spoke to and for a generation. In this book the author relates this extraordinary story of artistic brilliance and the pain that extinguished it. Based on more than 400 interviews, four years of research, and a wealth of documentation, this book traces Cobain's life from his early days in a trailer outside Aberdeen, Washington, to his rise to fame, success and adulation. Cross reveals the familial turmoil that fuelled Cobain's creativity, the persobnal history that helped form his character, and the unusual love story that shaped his relationship with wife Courtney Love. Drawing on medical and police reports, and Cobain's own writings, Cross also reveals the truth about Cobain's health struggles and his tragic final days. Illustrated. 381 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 098137