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Meet the Author of BRUCE: Peter Ames Carlin

Rachel Watkins, Neighbor

At 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, Avid Bookshop (493 Prince Ave.) will host a BRUCE book signing with author Peter Ames Carlin. The independent neighborhood bookstore will have paperback copies of BRUCE on hand.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Peter Ames Carlin is a writer and the author of several books, including BRUCE, Paul McCartney: A Life, and Catch A Wave: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson. Carlin has also been a freelance journalist, a senior writer at People in New York City, and a television columnist and feature writer at The Oregonian in Portland. A regular speaker on music, art, and popular culture, Carlin lives in Portland, Ore., with his wife and three children.

"Unprecedented depth...No previous biographer has uncovered as much" -- Rolling Stone

"There are many things I could and should be doing right now, but I am not...I am reading and re-reading this book." -- Jon Stewart

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