Dan's review
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
by Crystal Zevon
Dan's review
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon
Dan's review
rating:
I would have given this book four stars - I'm a big Warren Zevon fan, and it was well-written - but frankly this book depressed the living hell out of me. Zevon was a train wreck all his life. I remembered reading an interview with him in Rolling Stone years back about how he quit a bad drinking habit (two bottles of vodka, straight, every day), but this book shows his other excesses never really left him. He had tons of very close friends, but for some reason he sabotaged many of his friendships because of his temper and his antics.
The sad story of the circumstances around his death did nothing to bring any redemption to his life story, but it is a good warning to never take anything for granted and to be moderate in all things.
The sad story of the circumstances around his death did nothing to bring any redemption to his life story, but it is a good warning to never take anything for granted and to be moderate in all things.
