Catch a Wave (book)

Catch a Wave
AuthorPeter Ames Carlin
LanguageEnglish
SubjectThe Beach Boys
Publication date
2006
Publication placeUnited States
Pages342
ISBN978-1594867491

Catch a Wave (subtitled The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson) is a 2006 book covering the life of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, written by American journalist and critic Peter Ames Carlin.[1]

Reception

The Guardian's Campbell Stevenson praised Catch a Wave as "diligently researched and even-handed", as well as "less opinionated" than biographer David Leaf's past writings about the Beach Boys.[2] PopMatters' Bill Gibron rued that the book offered a fresh perspective on the band, "taking what could have been the same old song ... and turning it into a spiritual journey of excuses, expectations and exaggerations."[3]

In his review for the New York Times, Bruce Handy praised Carlin's avoidance of hagiography, writing that "his Wilson is both a victim, too fragile for this world, and a passive-aggressive manipulator, a man who, at times, willfully squandered his talent."[1] Handy concluded that "while this might not be the best possible book about Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, for now it's the best one down here where mortals tread."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Handy, Bruce (July 23, 2006). "Bad Vibrations". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Stevenson, Campbell (August 6, 2006). "About a Boy". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Gibron, Bill (November 7, 2006). "Catch a Wave by Peter Ames Carlin". PopMatters.
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