Bon: The Last Highway; The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC’s Back in Black, Updated Edition of the Definitive Biography

In this updated edition of his 2017 book, Fink (Pure Narco) chronicles the final three years in the life of iconic AC/DC singer Bon Scott (1946–80). Dredging up information from Scott’s friends, lovers, and fellow musicians, Fink starts the story in 1977, the height of disco, when AC/DC struggled for recognition. Moving chronologically, the author recounts the band’s punitive contract with Atlantic Records (15 albums in five years) and its back-breaking, incessant touring. He portrays Scott as a generous, easygoing, but immature frontman who became dark and self-destructive when drunk, and casts AC/DC guitarists and brothers Malcolm and Angus Young as businesslike musicians intent upon success. For much of the book, the author delves into Scott’s downward spiral into alcohol and drug addiction, which led to his death from a toxic mix of alcohol and heroin. In this new edition, the detective-like Fink gathers more evidence that Scott likely wrote some of the lyrics for the AC/DC breakout classic lead track “Back in Black” (1980) and dabbled in opiates.