Présentation de l'éditeur
“Steve Earle brings to his prose the same authenticity, poetic spirit, and cinematic energy he projects in his music.
I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive is like a dream you can’t shake, offering beauty and remorse, redemption in spades.” —Patti Smith
“Shot through with humor and insight and . . . enough action and intriguing characters in it to keep readers turning pages.” —
Boston Globe
Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally.
In 1963, ten years after he may have given Hank the morphine shot that killed him, Doc has lost his license. Living in the red-light district of San Antonio, he performs abortions and patches up the odd knife wound to feed his addiction. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighborhood in search of Doc’s services, miraculous things begin to happen. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better, except, maybe, for Hank’s angry ghost—who isn’t at all pleased to see Doc doing well.
Revue de presse
Praise for I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE
"Earle (a hell of a songwriter himself) has written a deft, big-spirited novel about sin, faith, redemption, and the family of man . . . you keep reading and you keep believing. B+" —Entertainment Weekly"Earle has delivered plenty of potent messages during his turbulent career, but he has never pricked the public's conscience in as many different ways as he will this spring."—
USA Today
"Raw, honest and unafraid, this novel veers in and out of the lives of its many memorable characters with flawless pitch, centering on Doc Ebersole, who is haunted by the ghost of Hank Williams, his former patient. Steve Earle has given us dozens of remarkable songs, he has given us a dazzling collection of short stories, and now here's his first novel, a doozy from a great American storyteller." --
Tom Franklin, author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
"Steve Earle brings to his prose the same authenticity, poetic spirit and cinematic energy he projects in his music.
I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive is like a dream you can't shake, offering beauty and remorse, redemption in spades." —
Patti Smith
"What a delight to read this novel and find so many elements I’ve admired in Steve Earle’s songwriting for nearly twenty-five years. It is a rich, raw mix of American myth and hard social reality, of faith and doubt, always firmly rooted in a strong sense of character." —
Charles Frazier
". . . a doctor, a Mexican girl, an Irish priest, the ghost of Hank Williams, and JFK the day before he dies. Steve Earle has managed to gather the threads of their voices and personalities in a world that ranges from quinine-contaminated heroin to worshippers in a Spanish Mission church—who pray only for the peace that comes from unwavering faith. This subtle and dramatic book is the work of a brilliant songwriter who has moved from song to orchestral ballad with astonishing ease." —
Michael Ondaatje
Biographie de l'auteur
STEVE EARLE is a singer-songwriter, actor, activist, and the author of a
Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, the story collection
Doghouse Roses. He has released more than a dozen critically acclaimed albums, including the Grammy winners
The Revolution Starts Now, Washington Square Serenade, and
Townes. He has appeared on film and television, with celebrated roles in
The Wire and
Treme. His album entitled
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive was produced by T Bone Burnett. He often tours with his wife, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer.
