Bon Scott’s short life will be the subject of a new biography based on the late AC/DC frontman.
The Last Highway: The Untold Story Of Bon Scott And AC/DC’s Back in Black will be out November. Author Jesse Fink isn’t new to this AC/DC book writing thing, having previously penned The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC.
Rather than a straight biography, Fink’s is a personal story with Scott at the heart.
The press release explains: “At the heart of Bon: The Last Highway is a special — and unlikely — friendship between an Australian rock star and an alcoholic Texan troublemaker.
“Leaving no stone unturned in a journey that begins in Austin, 1977, and ends in London, 1980, Fink takes the reader back to the end of the ’70s, a legendary era for music that saw the relentless AC/DC machine achieve its commercial breakthrough but also threaten to come apart.
“With unprecedented access to Bon’s lovers, newly unearthed documents, and a trove of never-before-seen photos, Fink divulges startling new information about Bon’s last hours to solve the mystery of how he died.
“Music fans around the world have been waiting for the original, forensic, unflinching, and masterful biography Bon Scott so richly deserves — and now, finally, it’s here.”
The book can be preordered here, although it’s not out until November 7.
