An unconventional, searching, and intimate conversation with the revered musician Nick Cave.Nick Cave is a singular artist whose music contains multitudes―from the boozy pop punk of his early years, to the swaggering goth rock that brought him global acclaim, to some of the most moving love songs ever written. Following the tragic death of his fifteen-year-old son five years ago, he stopped doing longer interviews, retreating into the persona he’d spent a lifetime crafting. But in March 2020, when his international tour was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, he made an exception―agreeing to speak on the record to his longtime friend the Observer journalist Sean O’Hagan.Faith, Hope, and Carnage is the outcome of these conversations. Intimate, profound, and ruthlessly honest, it takes a long look at the subjects that haunt Cave, and so many of us: love, violence, art, aging, terrible loss, and the divine. It is more than an interview―it is a philosophical reckoning, a revelatory p
