Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC’s Back In Black

By Jesse Fink

THE CONTROVERSIAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'The literary equivalent of a road movie.' IRISH TIMES

A PLANET ROCK Book of the Year

When it was first published in 2017, Jesse Fink’s masterful biography of Bon Scott became an international sensation: it made the cover of Classic Rock magazine, threats were made against the author, and there was talk among some AC/DC fans of boycotts and book burnings. So why the uproar?

The legend of the man known around the world as ‘Bon’ grows with each passing year. In death, AC/DC’s trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon. But so much of his story is myth.

Bon: The Last Highway tells the unvarnished truth.

The 1977–80 period forged the legend of AC/DC. There wasn’t a harder working band on the road in America. But, as Fink reveals in a journey that takes the reader from Austin to Miami to London, the relentless AC/DC machine was threatening to fall apart.

With unprecedented access to Bon’s lovers, newly unearthed documents and a trove of never-before-seen photos, this updated edition contains a new introduction and more revelations about the singer’s death, which should dispel once and for all the idea that Scott succumbed to acute alcohol poisoning on 19 February 1980.

Praise for Bon: The Last Highway:

'The most extensively researched book on AC/DC ever ... it's outstanding. This is as close as anyone is ever gonna get to the complete truth behind the legend, warts and all.'
- B. J. LISKO, Canton Repository

'This one-man investigation, born of respect for the truth and for Bon Scott as a human being, blazes a new trail.'
- JOE BONOMO, author of AC/DC's Highway To Hell (33 1/3 Series)

'Jesse Fink has done rock fans a great service. He dispels the many myths about how AC/DC's Bon Scott lived and died, and in doing so, brings to life one of the most influential, memorable and complex figures in rock history.'
- GREG RENOFF, author of Van Halen Rising

• Language: English
• Publisher: Black & White Publishing
• Release date: Nov 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781785301728

Jesse Fink

JESSE FINK worked for five years as a senior editor of non-fiction for HarperCollins Publishers before becoming deputy editor of Inside Sport magazine. He has won or been commended for several Australian Sports Commission Media Awards and had his feature writing collected in a number of anthologies. Fink is the author of the critically acclaimed 15 Days in June and the memoir Laid Bare: One Man’s Story of Sex, Love and Other Disorders. He lives in Sydney, Australia.

Reviews for Bon

[thomaspluck · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An exhaustive but not exhausting lol at the life and death of one of the greatest rock frontmen to ever belt out a tune. A must read for fans, especially if the lyrics of Back in Black sound a wee bit too familiar...