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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A harsh realityBy Nathaniel D.A harrowing and tragic tale of Shakespearian proportions. The teetering on the edge of genius and insanity is so visceral in this read and the beauty and destruction that can be produced in the name of creativity is a sad and yet more common combination than we usually want to admit. But it's on full display in this book. A must read for those interested in the biography of artists who also have mental illness.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ExcellentBy RoseHow have I never heard of this book before? Even though I'm not familiar with Adam Cullen's work, I still really enjoyed this book. Lovers of narrative non fiction will not be disappointed. Thanks Erik.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Crazy... out there. Amazingly written. ...By Joanne OllivierCrazy...out there.Amazingly written.Another one please Erik Jensen.

Acute Misfortune is an unflinching portrait of talent and addiction.In 2008, the artist Adam Cullen invited journalist Erik Jensen to stay in his spare room and write his biography. A publisher wanted it, Cullen said. He was sick and ready to talk. Everything would be on the record. What followed were four years of intense honesty and a relationship that became increasingly dangerous. At one point Cullen shot Jensen, to see how committed he was to the book. At another, he threw Jensen from a speeding motorbike.Eventually, Jensen realised the contract did not exist. Cullen had invented it to get to know the writer. The book became an investigation of Cullen’s psychology and the decline of his final years. In Acute Misfortune, we have a riveting account of the life and death of one of Australia’s most celebrated artists. The figure famous for his Archibald Prize-winning portrait of is followed through drug deals and periods of deep self-reflection, onward into his trial for weapon possession and finally his death in 2012 at the age of 46.The story is by turns tender and horrifying: a spare tale of art, sex, drugs and childhood, told at close quarters and without judgment.Winner, 2015 Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature, Shortlisted, 2015 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the 2015 Walkley Book Award

‘Fierce and spellbinding’ —David Marr‘The book is riveting and sad. A must-read for art lovers’ —Daily Telegraph‘Whether you know of Cullen or his work is not important. Here is an astounding, seductive and unwittingly moving portrait – an addictive read.’ —Readings Monthly‘It is both the writerly and generational angle that makes this book refreshing… ultimately, this book belongs to the canon of addiction literature and is thankfully nuanced beyond its obvious new journalism inheritance.’ —Artlink‘A sober book about a man who was anything but. A clear-eyed, careful account of a squandered life that is generous and unusual in Jensen’s refusal to condemn or opine about a man who was a stew of wretched characteristics common to an addict.’ —Kate Jennings‘Told with wit, perception and empathy by a young and gifted writer, Erik Jensen’s Acute Misfortune, his first book, is a finely written account of the self-destructive, charismatic Australian painter.’ —Best Books of 2014, Weekend Australian‘Jensen has delivered a lucid portrait of a deeply complicated talent; one of the best nonfiction releases of 2014 to date’ —Books Publishing Online‘The terrible force of the painter’s rush to self-destruction is matched all the way by the writer’s calm mastery of his story.’ – Helen Garner‘If biography is the art of dismantling your subject, while pretending to be a mere scribe, then Jensen is superb as both beautician and mortician’ —Charles Waterstreet‘Acute Misfortune is a fascinating, non- judgmental exploration of the forces that shaped Cullen’s life…It’s a pacy, absorbing read. Jensen has a wonderfully light touch that balances the extremities of the story.’ —Australian‘Terrifying and terrific’ —Wheeler Centre, Best Books of 2014‘Like the painter himself, [Jensen] eschews a conventional form and tone for one that is compressed, nonjudgmental, and mostly impressionistic.’ —the Age‘Beautifully designed, eloquently tragic’ —Books of the Year, the Age‘One of the years finest endeavours … There’s a raw and volatile beauty to this part-harrowing, part-inspiring tragedy.’ - Top ten books of 2014, New Daily‘A fascinating look at how the creative urge is so often accompanied by the urge for self-destruction’ —Courier Mail‘Jensen’s cool eye and determination to avoid the tortured artist clichés makes [the book] weirdly, impressively compelling.’ —Australian Women's Weekly‘Horribly riveting’ —AFR Magazine‘Raw and uncompromising’ —Herald Sun‘Brave, expressive, funny, pungent, revelatory, and at times very sad’ — of Books‘A teasing and complex ode to a man who defied attempts to categorise him or to understand him. Jensen’s portrait dares to be both beautiful and ugly - that is, he is both tender and forensic. This is a marvellous, propulsive, intelligent read.’ —Christos TsiolkasAbout the AuthorAuthors Bio, not available

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