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'We might as well have had sex now' --Lady Gaga
'One of the best interviews of my life' --Britney Spears
'Fantastically entertaining' --Sunday Times
'One of our favourite interlocuters' --Bono
'The best and most honest daily newspaper reporter rock has ever seen.' --Dave Marsh
'One of the best interviews of my life' --Britney Spears
'Fantastically entertaining' --Sunday Times
'One of our favourite interlocuters' --Bono
'The best and most honest daily newspaper reporter rock has ever seen.' --Dave Marsh
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Strauss is a deft narrator and expert inquisitor. He cuts out the flowery descriptors and gumpf that comes with interviewing a star...and strips it back to the revealing nitty-gritty, absurd and amusing exchanges we all wish we could be privy to. ... The perfect book to dip into. - Time Out
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A great book that delves far deeper than simply serving as a Neil Strauss Greatest Hits collection
15 April 2011
Format:Paperback
This is a book that will appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in celebrity culture. It is a shame that Neil has often become the poster boy for "pick up artists" and everyone places an expectation for him to fulfil his role as some kind of sage for the lonely. This is not a follow-up to The Game but is rather at first glance a collection of his superb writing for "Rolling Stone" and other publications principally as a music journalist.
He is probably the finest of his craft around at the moment and the book takes the format of excerpts from interviews that often capture celebrity behaviour at its most candid. There are so many moments that will change your perceptions on celebrity as a concept and make you realise that many of these people have real difficulties or problems just like those who have no fame. Strauss captures and asks how people deal with these problems. Some turn to drink, some turn bitter, while others simply write him angry letters telling him to f-off!
It would have been a great read if he had simply compiled these in order of their star status alone to make it more appealing to the casual reader. Instead he has intellegently structured the book into various themes, with appropriate narration along the way to highlight their relevance to the reader. The end result is a dense patchwork of life-stories that hold lessons for us all on how to approach life and work to acheive personal goals.
This book is entertaining, thought-provoking and above all really good fun. I do have favourite moments but they are probably too shocking to repeat here!
He is probably the finest of his craft around at the moment and the book takes the format of excerpts from interviews that often capture celebrity behaviour at its most candid. There are so many moments that will change your perceptions on celebrity as a concept and make you realise that many of these people have real difficulties or problems just like those who have no fame. Strauss captures and asks how people deal with these problems. Some turn to drink, some turn bitter, while others simply write him angry letters telling him to f-off!
It would have been a great read if he had simply compiled these in order of their star status alone to make it more appealing to the casual reader. Instead he has intellegently structured the book into various themes, with appropriate narration along the way to highlight their relevance to the reader. The end result is a dense patchwork of life-stories that hold lessons for us all on how to approach life and work to acheive personal goals.
This book is entertaining, thought-provoking and above all really good fun. I do have favourite moments but they are probably too shocking to repeat here!
Format:Hardcover
There are loads of stories about people I love (Zep, Nirvana etc) and there are loads of great stories about people I don't love (Britney etc). However, everything is in bitesize chunks (or should that be "sit down for a jobby" sized chapters) so you're never bored to tears by page after page of recording studio techniques (like your typical rock biog). If you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down- but when you do, remember to wash your hands!
Format:Hardcover
well received and my son is very pleased to receive the book - want to read it after he has finished with it
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Strauss' worst book
My headline is a bit of an overstatement, as I have only read "The Game", "Rules of the game", "How to make love like a porn star" (with Jenna Jameson), "The Dirt" (with Motley... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Anders Pedersen
Absolutely fascinating and very enjoyable
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, and the thought of a few hundred pages of celebrity interviews filled me with a certain amount of dread, but it really surprised me and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Peter Lee
Neil Strauss Does It
You read the game? Yeah, me too. and loved it. This is a fantastic book which ois so much more than a grip of interviews. Yet a journey into fame and madness. Read more
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This book is worth every penny. I pulled me kids out of schhool and started homeschooling them using Neil Strauss books as textbooks. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Adam Janikowski
An amazing book that I couldn't put down!
I really enjoyed this book. So much so that I couldn't put it down. One of the reasons that it's so good as each chapter teaches you something new and has it's own story. Read more
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Fame won't fix what's wrong with you
It occurs to me while reading this book that Neil Strauss has met a lot of people. Over 3,000 close encounters of the celebrity kind. Read more
Published 14 months ago by L. Power
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