The Lie That Tells the Truth

by Karl Dallas

The Lie That Tells the UPDATED EDITION including Elvis Presley article and Politics of the Folk Revival.Al Kooper (Blood Sweat and Tears, Blue Project), said of Karl "This guy who did it is a real good writer, and you can tell him so, for what it's worth, coming from me.""This selection of longer critical writings by Karl Dallas ranges widely, from Bob Dylan and folk-rock diva Sandy Denny to Frank Zappa, Bob Marley and Pink Floyd, from Brecht's Mother Courage to Aleksandr Blok's The 12, from Tony Harrison and Ted Hughes to Anne Rice's Interview With a Vampire, from Bill Gates and "the malignant growth of the personal computer" to the Marxist critic, Christopher Caudwell, chronologically from 1971 to the present day (though he actually published his first major piece in 1948).A collection of his shorter writings is in preparation.

713 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 16, 2012