Reno-born novelist Willy Vlautin has been widely acclaimed for his reality books
about ordinary people such as The Motel Life, Northline, Lean On Pete and The
Free, but he always managed his writing alongside a successful music career. He
made eleven albums with Richmond Fontaine, the band he formed in 2004, noted for
his dark, evocative songs, touring with them all over America, Europe and
Australia. Struck on tour by the emotional strength emanating from the bruised,
soulful voice of one of Richmond Fontaine's guest singers Amy Boone, he decided
to write new material specifical...