Vicious: The Art of Dying Young

by Mark Paytress and Dina Nayeri

To coincide with the 25th anniversary of the death in 1979 of the greatest icon to come out of the punk era, this biography celebrates his life and career and recounts the circumstances of his sad... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860745806
• ISBN13: 9781860745805
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A good biography of an often boorish subject

Despite pre-conceived notions within popular culture, John Simon "Sid Vicious" Ritchie was a pretty interesting character and this text sheds light on the life of the pop icon whose sole true talent was his utter self-destruction. "Vicious: The Art of Dying Young" analyses Sid very well, and we get to know him mostly through interviews that are full of great anecdotes about him, many of them very surprising. This book will reveal Sid Vicious to the curious who only know of him as a drug-addled freak who was accused of offing his girlfriend, only to fatally overdose soon after. This is a very good read. The only criticism I have is that it may be somewhat challenging for readers outside the UK. Some of the slang and phrases that are used merit a glossary.

Very in depth, yet straight to the point

i've read biographies in my lifetime, not nessesarily about sid, but about other icons and they seem to go on for days about very unimportant information. Though in this book every page has valuable information on it. The biography displays that yes sid did not live his life in the best of fashions, but it remains to be sympathetic to him at the same time. it is not a book written to simply trash on him while telling his life story, it seems like the author himself has a very keen interest in the subject and that shines through in this book. Overall i enjoyed it very much.