R.I.P. Nick Tosches

Nick Tosches has died. He was one of my favourite writers. Total firebrand. You almost had to hold on to the handrail while you worked out how to balance the book and turn the pages. He wrote with fury, anger and huge, huge heart.

Tosches was equal parts Lester Bangs and Hunter S. Thompson. Or was he equal parts Bukowski and Richard Meltzer. The answer i…