THE SICK BAG SONG chronicles Cave's journey with his band the Bad Seeds on a twenty-two-day, North American tour. It is a highly personal account that blends memories, musings, poetry, lyrics, flights of fancy and road journal.
Drawing inspiration from Leonard Cohen, John Berryman, Patti Smith, Sharon Olds, folk ballads and ancient texts, THE SICK BAG SONG takes the form of an epic quest, turning over questions of inspiration, creativity, loss, death and romantic love. It is also a companion piece to his feature documentary 20,000 Days on Earth. THE SICK BAG SONG explores and develops the mystique of Nick Cave.
The book began its life scribbled onto airline sick bags, which are reproduced in the book alongside the text.
- ISBN10 0544814576
- ISBN13 9780544814578
- Publish Date 25 October 2016 (first published 8 April 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin
- Format eBook
- Pages 129
- Language English