Wild Thing
The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix

A breezy, light and entertaining overview of the too-short, white hot life of Jimi Hendrix. Unfortunately, this is easily the most poorly edited mainstream book I have ever read. Multiple typos, misspellings, incorrect syntax, run on sentences, and more on almost every other page. I know first print......more

Norman's bio on Hendrix coincides with the passing of Hendrix at age 27 fifty years ago. The book is pretty good. I doesn't do a deep dive into the actual songs like I thought it might, but seems to focus more on the relatives, friends, groupies, handlers, managers, and other various and sundry peo......more

Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix é uma biografia, escrita pelo famoso biografo Philip Norman, sobre o lendário músico Jimi Hendrix. A história que o livro nos esta a contar pode ser dividida em alguns campos: - A vida pessoal do Jimi Hendrix (familia, amigos, relações...); - Con......more

There's some interesting stuff in here, but it's marred a bit by the presentation. This book is rife with misspellings, mistakes, and tortured syntax. Here's an example of an awkward sentence: "His second wife, June, having predeceased him, the bulk of the estate he'd inherited from Jimi, by now wor......more

Thankyou to Hachette Australia for providing me with a copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review. Wild Thing takes us through Jimi’s short life – from his difficult and troubling childhood, with a father he was always trying to impress, to his struggles to break into the music industry, th......more