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Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross

4.0

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Insightful and delivered from a first-person front row seat to most of the proceedings, Cross's book will make you miss Kurt, make you re-frame your opinions of Courtney, and maybe take down this stupid conspiracy theory once and for all. Most importantly, though, it does what it says on the tin; evaluates the lasting effects of Cobain's short life on music, fashion, pop culture, drugs (and how we deal with them) and suicide (and how we goddamn well deal with that). Short tand to the point, a solid and punchy book not about Kurt's life per se, but about his legacy.