Much of the text revolves around remarkably similar tales of excess, which are piled on top of each other to the point of ennui – and somehow the feeling is that the author revels in it all. Now I think that’s meant to be a recommendation – but in my view, it’s where eventually the book and the author go wrong. However if there’s another view to consider then it might be that of The Times which refers to the fact that the book is, ‘ Brimming with snippets of very juicy gossip’. Peter Biskind is a writer whose published work looks mainly at the film industry, ‘ Easy Riders, Raging Bulls – How the Sex ‘n’ Drugs ‘n’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood’, was first published in 1998 and is considered by such as Esquire magazine to be, ‘ The seminal account of one of the strangest most exciting decades in American cinema history’. That said don’t let me put you right off, but be warned the magic will be severely tarnished! If, as I do, you love the American cinema of the 70s then you may not want to read this book, you may not even want to read this article.
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