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About Peter A Carlin
See more books from this AuthorIf you want to understand the magic and majesty that is The Boss, the best way is though his music. However, Carlin...successfully fills in some of the gaps Springsteen has left behind in his lifelong journey...
Read Full Review of Bruce | See more reviews from KirkusMr. Carlin strains for bad jokes. There are too many hacky sentences...This book’s footnotes are whatever the opposite of scholarly is, many of them completely daft.
Read Full Review of Bruce | See more reviews from NY TimesCarlin gives Springsteen the definitive treatment, and this is by far the best of the many books about the rock and roller, capturing his many moods...and his deep passion for pleasing audiences with rollicking, energetic shows.
Read Full Review of Bruce | See more reviews from Publishers Weekly...Bruce provides a wide enough scope and deep enough examination of Springsteen to make it a work that should entice and educate any Springsteen fan.
Read Full Review of Bruce | See more reviews from Blog Critics...Carlin’s book “Bruce” deals more with Springsteen’s reality than the well-known myth and legend, and illuminates his path of passion with depth readers will appreciate.
Read Full Review of BruceBruce Springsteen is one of the most significant artistic and cultural forces of the past four decades: Carlin’s insightful, powerful biography is for anyone who wonders why.
Read Full Review of Bruce | See more reviews from Globe and MailCarlin portrays Springsteen as moody and surprisingly lacking in empathy...Those details make the rocker's tale all the more engaging, as beneath his gravelly-voiced demigod exterior lurks a flawed and talented human being.
Read Full Review of Bruce...a wonderfully insightful and richly detailed biography, one that can justifiably claim to be both impartial and definitive.
Read Full Review of Bruce...an astute, engaging account of the singer/songwriter's life and career — neither as presumptuous nor as grandiose as Marc Dolan's Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll...
Read Full Review of BruceIn the Church of Bruce...the rock ’n’ roll messiah has lived to sing his own gospel
Read Full Review of BruceCarlin deserves applause for the most complete Bruce bio to date. But Springsteen is still on fire at age 63; his story, clearly, isn't over yet.
Read Full Review of Bruce...it's a little like having the curtain pulled back on the Great and Powerful Oz and finding a regular guy...But thanks to Mr. Carlin's book, the regular guy is just as, if not more, interesting than the larger-than-life public personae.
Read Full Review of Bruce...Carlin is able to convince readers that Springsteen's uncompromised devotion to his music is such an important aspect of the artist that even if you only know him through ..."The Ghost of Tom Joad," maybe that's enough.
Read Full Review of Bruce...a stunning last chapter that slows down the pace with intimate details, including conversations with relatives that are so personal and touching they make you feel like you’re in the kitchen during Springsteen’s song about his mother, “The Wish.”
Read Full Review of Bruce...so much time is spent on the early years that recent events are compressed and treated in a clipped fashion.
Read Full Review of BruceBruce may not be as wild as Keith Richards’ recent memoir, but it can really take you for a great ride.
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