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'Drawn from over forty hours of interviews, Faith, Hope and Carnage is a thoughtful book about Nick Cave's inner life over the last six years, a meditation on big ideas including, faith, art, music, grief and much more.
'Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O'Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave's own words, of what really drives his life and creativity.
'The book examines questions of faith, art, music, freedom, grief and love. It draws candidly on Cave's life, from his early childhood to the present day, his loves, his work ethic and his dramatic transformation in recent years.
'From a place of considered reflection, Faith, Hope and Carnage offers ladders of hope and inspiration from a true creative visionary.' (Publication summary)
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Selected as one of the Guardian Australia best Australian books of 2022
Selected as one of the ABR Podcast's best books of 2022
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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The Blizzard of Oz : Nick Cave's Wearisome Ubiquity
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Rock Music Studies , June 2023;'Nick Cave is a hugely successful rock musician who has progressed from post-punk outsider in the 1980s to widely lauded singersongwriter in the twenty-first century, while simultaneously enjoying critical recognition in fields such as literature and film. This article uses Cave’s 2022 book of interviews Faith, Hope and Carnage, as well as his ongoing blog The Red Hand Files, as a stepping-off point to consider his career trajectory in the context of longstanding accusations of misogyny, his extensive public commentaries on grief (stemming from the 2015 death of his son), and Cave’s latter-day excursions into conservative political commentary.'
Source: Abstract.
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Our Best Books of 2022
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 December 2022; (p. 17) -
‘Grief Can Have a Chastening Effect’ : In Faith, Hope and Carnage Nick Cave Plumbs Religion, Creativity and Human Frailty
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 October 2022;
— Review of Faith, Hope and Carnage 2022 single work autobiography interview'Whether you adore or despise Nick Cave, this book offers you a great deal. Far more than the stereotypes of the gothic expatriate, or the drug-loving, post-punk, underground lord, or the strutting songster with the deep, melancholy voice. All these characters appear in Faith, Hope and Carnage, but we meet full on an older, reflective, theologically-probing Cave. For many readers this might sound like challenging, even uncomfortable, territory.' (Introduction)
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Beauty and Loss
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17 September 2022; (p. 8)
— Review of Faith, Hope and Carnage 2022 single work autobiography interview -
‘Funny’, ‘Punchy, ‘A Gorgeous Writer’ : the Best Australian Books Out in October
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 October 2022;
— Review of Seeing Other People 2022 single work novel ; Tripping Over Myself : A Memoir of a Life in Comedy 2022 single work autobiography ; Limberlost 2022 single work novel ; Faith, Hope and Carnage 2022 single work autobiography interview ; A Kind of Magic 2022 single work autobiography ; The Sun Walks Down 2022 single work novel
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‘Funny’, ‘Punchy, ‘A Gorgeous Writer’ : the Best Australian Books Out in October
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 October 2022;
— Review of Seeing Other People 2022 single work novel ; Tripping Over Myself : A Memoir of a Life in Comedy 2022 single work autobiography ; Limberlost 2022 single work novel ; Faith, Hope and Carnage 2022 single work autobiography interview ; A Kind of Magic 2022 single work autobiography ; The Sun Walks Down 2022 single work novel -
Beauty and Loss
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17 September 2022; (p. 8)
— Review of Faith, Hope and Carnage 2022 single work autobiography interview -
‘Grief Can Have a Chastening Effect’ : In Faith, Hope and Carnage Nick Cave Plumbs Religion, Creativity and Human Frailty
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 October 2022;
— Review of Faith, Hope and Carnage 2022 single work autobiography interview'Whether you adore or despise Nick Cave, this book offers you a great deal. Far more than the stereotypes of the gothic expatriate, or the drug-loving, post-punk, underground lord, or the strutting songster with the deep, melancholy voice. All these characters appear in Faith, Hope and Carnage, but we meet full on an older, reflective, theologically-probing Cave. For many readers this might sound like challenging, even uncomfortable, territory.' (Introduction)
-
Our Best Books of 2022
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 December 2022; (p. 17) -
The Blizzard of Oz : Nick Cave's Wearisome Ubiquity
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Rock Music Studies , June 2023;'Nick Cave is a hugely successful rock musician who has progressed from post-punk outsider in the 1980s to widely lauded singersongwriter in the twenty-first century, while simultaneously enjoying critical recognition in fields such as literature and film. This article uses Cave’s 2022 book of interviews Faith, Hope and Carnage, as well as his ongoing blog The Red Hand Files, as a stepping-off point to consider his career trajectory in the context of longstanding accusations of misogyny, his extensive public commentaries on grief (stemming from the 2015 death of his son), and Cave’s latter-day excursions into conservative political commentary.'
Source: Abstract.
