Orion Publishes 'Wild Side: The Life and Death of Lou Reed' by Mick Wall, Dec. 9
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 05, 2013
Orion will publish a biography of the late singer-songwriter Lou Reed by rock writer Mick Wall.
Non-fiction editorial director Jane Sturrock bought world rights in Wild Side: The Life and Death of Lou Reed from Robert Kirby at United Agents, out 9th December.
In a blog on October 13, Wall said:
For learning about the glory of love there is no one better to listen to than Lou Reed. Not just the title track of his Coney Island Baby album but the real gut-tearing live version on Take No Prisoners. I heard him do it live before that and it was great - you know, really moving - yet it never came within an asteroid belt of the same universe the TNP version lives in.
Amazing how already the canonisation of Uncle Lou has begun. People are even talking about Lulu is 'refreshed' terms. (Please don't bother mailing me how much you still hate it, do I look like I'll be listening to anyone else about that particular masterpiece?) Not only that but his sales are suddenly going through the roof. Turns out he really was the Van Gough of the rock generation - critical dead meat in his lifetime, buried treasure waiting to be discovered in death.Wild Side will be a £14.99 hardback and £7.99 e-book.
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