![]() The book is peppered with lyrics from Cave’s notable songs including ‘King Ink’ and ‘Red Right Hand’. Yet without this grounding influence, we are only given access to snapshots of Cave’s career, making his impatient characterisation appear unwarranted and his success unearned. In this book, facts are less important than feeling. However this is only semi-biographical, as Kleist obfuscates both conventional structure (each chapter starting before the previous one) and truth (Cave’s endorsement of the book acknowledged that it’s filled with “half-truths and complete fabrications”). Mercy on Me tracks Cave’s beginnings in small town Australia with The Birthday Party, his international travels, and eventual success with The Bad Seeds. However, although successfully conveying Cave’s look, Kleist is ultimately unable to deliver anything more profound about the eclectic musician. ![]() With his furrowed brow and black attire, Nick Cave’s appearance makes for appropriate caricature material in Reinhard Kleist’s graphic biography Mercy on Me. ![]()
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