Title: Tosched by your presence, dear
Product review: Nick Tosches has never been an author to underestimate his own considerable abilities. But here he swerves dangerously into Hunter Thompson parody territory by making himself the lead in what could have been a fascinating rumination on the title character, and then digressing with a silly screed lambasting the publishing industry (probably lifted verbatim from the memos about this book). Stick with his biographies (especially "Dino") and music criticism unless you still think swearing profusely in every sentence is the stylistic mark of a hard-bitten alcoholic mess of a middle-age hero (cue Ozzy).
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