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I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure, as Related in Popular Son Paperback - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Graeme Thomson

Drawing upon original and unique interviews with such artists as Mick Jagger, Richard Thompson, Ice-T, Neil Finn, and many others, "I Shot a Man in Reno" explores how popular music deals with death, and how it documents the changing reality of what death means as one grows older.

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  • Title I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure, as Related in Popular Son
  • Author Graeme Thomson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Continuum, New York, New York
  • Date 2008-08-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780826428578 / 0826428576
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.44 x 6.36 x 0.55 in (21.44 x 16.15 x 1.40 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Death/Dying
  • Library of Congress subjects Popular music - History and criticism, Death in music
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008017486
  • Dewey Decimal Code 782.4

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2008, Page 23
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/30/2008, Page 175
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2008, Page 228

About the author

Graeme Thomson is a regular contributor to "The Word, "the" Observer, Time Out, "the" Herald "and the "Sunday Herald. "He is the author of "Complicated Shadows: The Life and Music of Elvis Costello "(Canongate, 2004) and "Willie Nelson: The Outlaw" (Virgin Books, 2006). He lives in Edinburgh.

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