Faith, Hope and Carnage

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 824 ratings

Price: 13.12

Last update: 09-16-2024


About this item

This program is read by the authors. Featuring sixteen musical codas and elements from the Carnage, Skeleton Tree and Ghosteen albums, it also includes an exclusive, additional 12-minute conversation between Cave and O’Hagan about the production of the recording.

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life.

Created from more than forty hours of intimate conversations with Seán O’Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave’s own words, of what really drives his life and creativity.

The book examines questions of faith, art, music, freedom, grief, and love. It draws candidly on Cave’s life, from his early childhood to the present day, his loves, his work ethic, and his dramatic transformation in recent years.

From a place of considered reflection, Faith, Hope and Carnage offers ladders of hope and inspiration from a true creative visionary.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.


Top reviews from the United States

Usman A. Ghani
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read.
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2024
A book with many realities and realms. Facing/meeting and reflecting on tough issues and heart-wrenching challenges can be managed maturely. Nick Cave, the author, seems wise and a giving soul. He should be featured for broad audiences.
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Loving this book.
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2024
A quick read because it's an interview. But it's packed with words of wisdom and beauty. I love how Nick Cave talks about the creative process that can be applied in any of the arts.
Lee Wilcox
5.0 out of 5 stars Nick Cave on Nick Cave ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2024
... written with a savage intelligence, tremendous wit, and a smirk for the haters. Cave is a smart, darkly funny, no nonsense commentator on the slings and arrows of being human; FH&C is a deep dive into what it takes to look inward while staring unflinchingly forward. Truthful, edgy, annoyed, enlightened - this is not a paper hug, but a wake up call to know and be true to yourself.
claudia crespo
5.0 out of 5 stars Just started this book...
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024
In one night I read 60 pages. Soooo good. Can't wait to read another 60 pages tonight. It's an open discussion on the spirit, loss, music and I find myself resonating to many of Cave's exact sentiments. I picked up this book because Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers recommended it and I'm really glad I did. It's a great read and has you thinking long after you put the book down after each read.
Jonathan Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best theological books on suffering that exists
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2024
Nick Cave is not trained as a theologian, but only theologian David Bentley Hart has done work on suffering and grief in theological terms as rich as this. Cave is a daring, honest, dazzling thinker, attending to all the necessary things. This book will break you open.
Just Being
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
Not in the mood to write a long review, but so came to appreciate Nick cave and how he thinks and lives. Feels like he's a spiritual teacher in a way. Inspiring.
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Healing
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
Beautiful reflection on the goodness of life,death and all the grace that exists in between. Found great comfort and peace.
Roland Beech
3.0 out of 5 stars struggled with this
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2023
saw Flea going on about how great this was and like *some* Nick Cave songs but this is a pretty bleak book dealing as it does with some of the hard tragedies Cave has experienced in his life

haven't got through it and it's fallen out of the current reading so not sure I will get back to finish it...hard to see a payoff as it's got a sort of grim stark tone in its interview format

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