The Advice King Anthology

by Chris Crofton, Chris Crofton, Tracy Moore (Contributor)

Since the fall of 2014, The Advice King has been one of the most widely read sections of alt-weekly the Nashville Scene . The Advice King Anthology contains the best of those columns, with new In-the-Meantime notes, a new introduction, and a foreword by writer Tracy Moore.

If you are looking for traditional advice, this might not be the book for you. But if you care to find the incendiary, subversive, and hilarious alongside actual thoughts about addiction, depression, gentrification, politics, poetry, music, economic policy, living in New Nashville, and (inevitably) romance, the Advice King has much to offer.

354 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2022

Reviews

[Soren]

You are going to die, and that's okay! Nothing will help you get through this pandemic (these pandemics??) more than Chris Crofton's Advice King Anthology! Full of funny and witty pieces, his writing will make you want to abandon society as we know it and live in a forest (in a good way). Everything we're doing is a big illusion to pretend we aren't going to die but once we accept this as fact, we can live full and honest lives.

Go read this now!

[HT HT]

So nice to finally have all the columns in one book! Together, in the league of de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America”. As on the nose and far funnier. A great defense of the best of Nashville and American culture. And a scathing, hilarious rebuke of the worst. A must read!

[Jon Bloom]

Advice hasn't been this funny and insightful since Savage Love. And Crofton adds personal, honest touches that gives the whole thing heart. I highly recommend it.

[Simon Workman]

Hilarious from cover to cover, but also full of empathy, wisdom, and zany cold brew-induced tangents.

[Barry Paul Clark]

Far and away the funniest thing I’ve ever encountered with a spine that is also inanimate. No book has made me cry with tears of laughter, except for this one. All hail the Advice King!

[Rebecca Radisic]

Zeitgang!

[Chase]

Brilliant. Hilarious. I love listening to Crofton talk about absolutely anything.