I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

Steve Earle brings to his prose the same authenticity, poetic spirit, and cinematic energy he projects in his music. I ll Never Get Out of This World Alive is like a dream you can t shake, offering beauty and remorse, redemption in spades. Patti Smith
Shot through with humor and insight and . . . enough action and intriguing characters in it to keep readers turning pages. Boston Globe
Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally.
In 1963, ten years after he may have given Hank the morphine shot that killed him, Doc has lost his license. Living in the red-light district of San Antonio, he performs abortions and patches up the odd knife wound to feed his addiction. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighborhood in search of Doc s services, miraculous things begin to happen. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better, except, maybe, for Hank s angry ghost who isn t at all pleased to see Doc doing well.
Praise for Steve Earle:
Earle s writing never lacks heart. New York Times Book Review
As he does in his songs, Earle finds the tenuous points of emotional connection between characters who are living not only on the edges of their own ability to cope, but often on the very margins of society itself. Rolling Stone
STEVE EARLE, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, actor, and activist, is the author of Doghouse Roses. He has released more than a dozen critically acclaimed albums and has appeared on film and television, with celebrated roles in The Wire and Treme.
www.steveearle.com

"