I really wanted to see The Day the Rich Man Wept until I found out it was a documentary.

As much as I liked The Ruins (which I read after enjoying the underrated film adaptation), Scott Smith's other novel A Simple Plan almost broke me. The final pages had me feeling like an accomplice to all the horrible crimes the narrator found himself committing. Ugh, I still feel a little bit guilty and sweaty just…

As much as I liked The Ruins (which I read after enjoying the underrated film adaptation), Scott Smith's other novel A Simple Plan almost broke me. The final pages had me feeling like an accomplice to all the horrible crimes the narrator found himself committing. Ugh, I still feel a little bit guilty and sweaty just…

and he co-wrote "Deirdre"!

and he co-wrote "Deirdre"!

My entire working life is one big marathon: Home And Away 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, forever. I… win?

My entire working life is one big marathon: Home And Away 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, forever. I… win?

This felt like a less successful rewrite of Success to me. It made me laugh, so I'd rate it higher than his last few novels (it's definitely no Yellow Dog), but there was some weirdly antiquated details for a book that is apparently skewering modern day England. Do Londoners really still read agony aunt columns in…

This felt like a less successful rewrite of Success to me. It made me laugh, so I'd rate it higher than his last few novels (it's definitely no Yellow Dog), but there was some weirdly antiquated details for a book that is apparently skewering modern day England. Do Londoners really still read agony aunt columns in…

I did. That's when I went sour on the guy.

I did. That's when I went sour on the guy.

@avclub-b030afbb3a8af8fb0759241c97466ee4:disqus  I do! I am!

@avclub-b030afbb3a8af8fb0759241c97466ee4:disqus  I do! I am!

I was in a rush. Should've gone for Daniel Johns.

I was in a rush. Should've gone for Daniel Johns.

@avclub-0120ec28bc96b5b1ce1ba1999ce204b0:disqus that's the 20% of good stuff!

@avclub-0120ec28bc96b5b1ce1ba1999ce204b0:disqus that's the 20% of good stuff!

I got carried away in the heat of the moment and said some things I shouldn't have. I'm just worried he's going to be a Federal MP in ten years.

I got carried away in the heat of the moment and said some things I shouldn't have. I'm just worried he's going to be a Federal MP in ten years.

It's like some kind of Ned Kelly curse: Australia feels the need to worship a pop culture hack as some kind of outlaw hero, and even though his scripts, novels and 80% of his music could be written by a 12 year old, Nick Cave fits the bill perfectly - or at least he used to. We're prepping Bernard Fanning as his…