MixedThe Times Literary SupplementDrawing on a cut-up compositional technique favoured by Curtis the lyricist, Savage juxtaposes voices and memories, fashioning his material into the story of a highly sensitive \'genius\' lost to the world before his time. The book functions as both celebration and catharsis for the author, who seems to be trying to make sense of Curtis’s death for himself. One consequence of this approach is that the women interviewed are largely either props or foils ... While this valuable oral history may seem definitive, there are other perspectives that need to be brought out into the light.
