Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: (And Other Things I Learned From Famous People) - Tapa dura

We might as well have had sex by now. -- Lady Gaga The Mike Tyson of interviewers. -- Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum The best interview of my life. -- Britney Spears One of the longest and greatest interviews I've ever had. -- Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys One of our favourite interlocutors. -- Bono The best and most honest daily newspaper reporter rock has ever seen. -- Dave Marsh Well Neil, f**k you. -- Phil Collins (in an angry letter to Neil) [Strauss has] had fantastic access to an enormous range of famous people... -- Keir Hind * * Skinny * * When dealing with the media-savvy, emotionally frail modern megastar...[Strauss'] techniques certainly get results. -- Andrzej Lukowski * * Metro * * Strauss becomes confessor, accomplice, champion and prosecutor. One minute he's discussing feminism with Lady Gaga. Next, he's taking part in the Ho'lympics at the home of rapper Ludacris. -- Colin Waters * * Sunday Herald * * one of the most intuitive interviewers and portraiture artists on the Rolling Stone/NY Times payroll ... Addictive. -- Peter Murphy * * Hot Press * * Strauss is genuinely trying to shake down celebrity for the small change of wisdom. ... Strauss can be an imaginative and sympathetic interviewer and packaged up alongside his A-list interviews are encounters with unsung heroes. * * Observer * * Fantastically entertaining. * * Sunday Times * * It's almost overwhelming when you realise the wealth of people [he has interviewed]...beautifully designed, it's a lovely thing to own. -- Alex Heminsley * * BBC 6 Music Nemone * * Strauss is a deft narrator and expert inquisitor. He cuts out the flowery descriptors and gumpf that comes with interviewing a star...and strips it back to the revealing nitty-gritty, absurd and amusing exchanges we all wish we could be privy to. ... The perfect book to dip into. -- Kim Taylor Bennett * * Time Out * * an insight into the inner workings of contemporary fame * * RedHanded * * fantastically riveting * * RedHanded * * rare skill... extremely intriguing/entertaining * * RedHanded * *

Join Neil Strauss as he: - Makes Lady Gaga cry - Tries to keep Moetley Crue out of jail - Gets kidnapped by Courtney Love - Goes to church with Tom Cruise (and his mother) - Reads the mind of Britney Spears - Hunts down Jackie Chan - Gets picked on by Led Zeppelin - Buys nappies with Snoop Dogg - Goes drinking with Bruce Springsteen, dining with Gwen Stefani and hot-tubbing with Marilyn Manson - Talks glam with David Bowie, drugs with Madonna, death with Johnny Cash and sex with Chuck Berry - Gets molested by The Strokes, gets in trouble with Prince and gets Christina Aguilera into bed Also features exclusive UK heavyweight champions Steve Coogan, Noel Fielding, Russell Brand and more . . .