Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Root of the Chord2. Life in a Golden Coffin3. Passion Without Flesh4. Molecules Dancing in the Mountains5. Hopelessly Hollywood6. Cocktails in the Shaving Kit7. Black Photograph8. Ain't No Cure for Love9. Trumpets and a Curtain of Razor Blades10. Tibetan Desire11. New Scripture12. Plastic Algebra13. My Secret LifeAfterwordBibliographyDiscographyAcknowledgmentsNotesIndexPermissions

About the Author

IRA B. NADEL, Professor of English and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia, is also the author of biographies of Tom Stoppard, Ezra Pound, and David Mamet.