Robert Polito recounts Thompson's relationship with his father, a disgraced Oklahoma sheriff, with the women he adored in life and murdered on the page, with alcohol, would-be censors, and Hollywood auteurs. Unrelenting and empathetic, casting light into the darker caverns of our collective psyche, Savage Art is an exemplary homage to an American original. A National Book Critics Circle Award winner. 57 photos.
- ISBN10 0394584074
- ISBN13 9780394584072
- Publish Date 24 October 1995
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Alfred A. Knopf
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 543
- Language English