Harshi Bharani’s Reviews > Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave > Status Update

the way so many years on ‘o wow o wow (how wonderful she is)’ is dedicated to anita lane.

so st kilda was always like that

everyone: nick you’re a terrible singer
nick: bet

i love annoying all my friends every day with the ‘did you know this’ ‘did you know that’

very quickly understanding why everyone was falling in love with him at the time

oh i am loving this already!! its crazy that as a part of his younger generation of fans all we hear are the stories of the chaotic ‘the birthday party’ and melbourne scene days, but mordue writes in a way that you feel like you were there anyway. love the characterisation of young nick - wild, headstrong, but already showing the pensiveness that would characterise his later work…