Singer-songwriter David Berkeley is a romantic realist, known for his ability to look at the human condition in all its complexity and give us luminous songs full of sunshine and anguish, melancholy and delight. He is a natural storyteller, as anyone who has seen him perform or heard his piece on This American Life knows. In 140 Goats and a Guitar, his authorial debut, Berkeley proves he is an equally gifted writer, with a voice as a distinct as the rich baritone he sings with. 140 Goats offers thirteen stories, one for each song on his album Some Kind of Cure, written primarily while he lived for a year in a tiny mountain village on the island of Corsica with his wife and young son. These stories are beautifully told, with a poetic attention to details and rhythm that makes his prose sing. Berkeley has created a bold and thoroughly enjoyable new concept with this book, encouraging readers to listen to the corresponding song from his album (code for free downloads is included) after...

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