Doghouse Roses: Stories - Softcover

Earle, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618219242 ISBN 13: 9780618219247

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2002

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2002 Pages: 224 Publisher: Mariner Books Everything Steve Earle does is done with intelligence. Creativity. Passion and Integrity In music these Strengths have EARNED him many at Accolades and his Devotees speak of him in reverential tones. Singer. songwriter. producer. social activist. teacher and now author. he is someone to believe in. Doghouse Roses gives us another reason to believe. These stories reflect the many facets of the man and the hard-fought struggles. defeats and eventual triumphs he has experienced in a career spanning three decades. The title story is a gut-wrenching portrait of a nearly-famous singer whose life and sould have been all but devoured by drugs. 'Billy the Kid' is a fable about everything that will never happen in Nashville. and 'Wheeler County' tells a romantic. sweet-tempered tale about a hitchhiker stranded for years in ...

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Review:

"Earle's narrative voice sounds like a sage in a smoky bar..." Kirkus Reviews

"[A] surprisingly fine short story collection..." The Star Tribune

"A heartfelt, beautifully observed collection of stories." The Oregonian

"[Earle's] ability to write so close to the bone...makes Doghouse Roses such an entertaining read." The Los Angeles Times

"They haven't been shaped...by the small magazines or mainstream monthly editors. There's an appealing sort of innocence to them." Salon

From the Publisher:

'A beautiful and moving collection of short stories by one of our greatest songwriters...It reads like a collaboration between Steinbeck and Kerouac and Bukowski. Steve Earle has taken the great American road song and set it to prose’ Jay McInerney

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0618219242
• ISBN 13: 9780618219247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224