
Detours
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Narrated by:
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Tim Rogers
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Tim Rogers
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A charming, honest, funny, sad, tender and beautiful literary memoir, from Tim Rogers of You Am I. Think Patti Smith meet Dylan Thomas, by way of Banjo Paterson.
"Rogers is a beautiful writer, both literate and lyrical ... Detours makes most rock memoirs look like How to Hypnotise Chooks. A heartbreaking work of staggering honesty." West Australian
"Of all the utterances delivered to me by strangers, my least favourite after 'We can no longer legally serve you' would have to be, 'Well, that isn't very rock'n'roll.'"
Tim Rogers of You Am I has always been a complicated man: a hard-drinking musician with the soul of a poet; a flamboyant flâneur; a raconteur, a romantic and a raffish ne'er-do-well. In this offbeat, endearing memoir, Tim walks us through years jam-packed with love, shame, joy, enthusiasms, regrets, fights, family—and music, always music.
A work of real grace and tenderness, Detours is often impossibly sad and beautiful—but also full of wit, wordplay and punching jolts of larrikin energy to make you laugh out loud.
"A beautiful writer, Tim Rogers takes you where you want to go." Robert Forster
©2017 HarperCollins Publishers Australia pty Ltd (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Australia pty LtdCritic Reviews
"Rogers is a beautiful memoirist...[Detours is] an authentic, beautiful, unusual - and yes, brave - book that stands up on its own as a strong work of literature." (The Guardian)
"Artfully written and reflective...descriptive, insightful and anecdote-rich." (Herald Sun)
interesting insights into the man behind the music
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Balderdash and poppycock
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wonderful.
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Great listen
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I've long been a Tim Rogers/You am I fan and it was great to get an insight into the showman I've seen perform live on many occasions. Unsurprisingly, it's not like any other book I've ever read.
Unique
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Unexpectedly moving
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A Raconteur You Need To Listen To
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The mock phone conversation between Tim and his Mum was brilliant and hilarious; his frank discussion about his relationship with his daughter was just beautiful; and the affection for which he speaks of his bandmates, family and friends shows a side of him that we might miss if we only focus on the swaggering, screaming, spitting, on-stage version of this gentle soul.
I've had opportunities to meet Tim a handful of times, and in each instance my shyness let me down. After reading this book, I might not waste any future chances. I reckon we'd get along pretty good.
A great example of self-narrated autobiography
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The name says it all
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a Lindt ball biography
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