Steve Earle Reading From His First Novel | Inner Richmond

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Hank Williams died on Jan. 1, 1953, in the back seat of a car, on the road to a New Year’s Day gig in Canton, Ohio. That lonesome death, a result of drugs and alcohol, centers Steve Earle’s first novel, which revolves around a character named Doc, a physician fallen into heroin addiction, who gave the singer his final injection. Ten years later, Doc is living in a San Antonio flophouse, performing back-alley abortions, haunted by his failures and his sins. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighborhood in search of Doc’s services, miraculous things begin to happen. Graciela sustains a wound on her wrist that never heals, yet she heals others with the touch of her hand. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better, except, maybe, for Hank’s angry ghost—who isn’t at all pleased to see Doc doing well. I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive is a ballad of regret and redemption, and of the ways in which we remake ourselves and our world through the smallest of miracles.

Green Apple Books is pleased to be hosting Legendary Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Steve Earle for a (21+) afternoon reading and book signing on Saturday, May 21st at 2 PM. This event will take place just down the street from Green Apple at the Rockit Room.

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