With decades of music under his belt,Bruce Springsteenhas moved into literary territory with his autobiographyBorn to Run.
He skips over many of his best tales just because hes already told them elsewhere.
He goes light on the Hopes-n-Dreams talk.
This book is a guy telling stories to himself, trying to figure his deepest questions out.
Theres some raunch here.
His editor might have given him better advice on that.
The potential for maudlin sentimentality is great.
But Springsteen keeps the tone relatively breezy and conversational.
The voice in this book is a more confiding version of the one heard on stage.
It is self-deprecating and sometimes withering in its honesty, especially when judging himself.
He is still tortured and haunted, but he has gotten himself more or less together.
