Love All the People : Letters, Lyrics, Routines

First up, an admission. I didn't mean to read this, I was planning on reading An American Scream - the biography of Bill Hicks and only realised my mistake halfway through the intro when that very book was mentioned. But I thought, hey, I'll just read this first and get an overview of the guy from his writing (yeah, I've seen the shows - just not for about 20 years though) then read the other book.
Unfortunately this book is actually a bit off-putting. I mean, the content is good, it's all well-written but it becomes repetitive. It's an editing issue rather than content. I'm sure the point was to show how Bill's comedy evolved over the years but he did pretty much the same thing! Basically, there's a bit too much “recorded live”. But the last chapter, where there's an amalgamation of the best bits of his shows, is great.
I loved the bits around the Letterman show and his interviews and letters, even the foreword. That all gave an insight into the guy more than repeating his stand up routines every few pages. Think I'll take a break before hitting the biography!