Godlike
A Novel
Richard Hell
Akashic Books: New York, NY, 150 pages

Reviewed by Rob Woodard

Richard Hell is of course the former singer-songwriter-bassist for the early New York “punk” bands Television, The Heartbreakers, and the Voidoids, and later musical assemblages such as the Dim Stars. Always a fascinating lyricist, he has in the last decade or so forsaken music — and an on-and-off-again acting career — and turned his attentions to the written word almost entirely, building himself a very interesting, if under appreciated, career as an essayist, critic, poet, and novelist. Read the rest of this entry »