Mr. Mojo: A Biography of Jim Morrison

In Pariss Père-Lachaise cemetery, Jim Morrisons graffiti-scrawled tombstone is a place of pilgrimage for local devotees, adolescent hedonists, and wayward backpackers alike. Found dead in his bathtub at only twenty-seven, having achieved worldwide stardom as lead singer of the Doors, Morrison was quickly immortalized among the rock and roll deities such as Hendrix and Joplin. In death, however, this debauched rock poet remained more stubbornly enigmatic than ever. Who was the real Jim Morrison? Nihilist, egoist, shaman he was a master of self-creation. A mosaic mythology of new-age hippie rhetoric, French poetry, and Nietszchean symbolism obscured a man trapped by the mythology that he had so carefully constructed around himself. In this colorful and intimate biography, Dylan Jones strips bare the skintight leather suit of Jim Morrisons Lizard King persona, and offers a frank and honest appraisal of a much beloved and often-romanticized countercultural icon.