Nick Tosches (1949–2019)
Author of In the Hand of Dante
About the Author
Born in Newark & schooled in his father's bar, Nick Tosches is one of the most original & individualistic writers at work today. He is the author of acclaimed biographies of Sonny Liston, (The Devil & Sonny Liston), Dean Martin (Dino), the Mafia financier Michele Sindona (Power on Earth), & Jerry show more Lee Lewis (Hellfire); of several books about popular music (Country & Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll); & of the novels "Trinities" & "Cut Numbers". Thirty years of his writing was recently collected into "The Nick Tosches Reader" (Da Capo). He is a contributing editor of "Vanity Fair". He lives in New York City, & his poetry readings are legend. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Nick Tosches
Associated Works
Literary Las Vegas: The Best Writing About America's Most Fabulous City (1995) — Introduction — 71 copies
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- Canonical name
- Tosches, Nick
- Legal name
- Tosches, Nicholas P.
- Birthdate
- 1949-10-23
- Date of death
- 2019-10-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Occupations
- journalist
poet
novelist
biographer
music critic - Organizations
- Peace Eye Bookstore (Greenwich Village, NYC)
Fusion (magazine in Boston)
Rolling Stone (magazine)
Vanity Fair
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- Works
- 26
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 2,698
- Popularity
- #9,523
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 56
- ISBNs
- 147
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 11
The characters that gain the most coverage in Country are Emmett Miller, who Tosches considers the true father of Country music, and Jerry Lee Lewis, who obviously caught Tosches attention enough that he would subsequently write a whole book about the Killer.
If nothing else, Country made me search out Emmett Miller on You Tube.… (more)