Books in the The Canons series

Taking the form of a diary, Iced charts the life of forty-four-year-old Cornelius Washington. Initially brimming with talent and ambition, his dabbles with drugs gradually turn into a destructive addiction.Moving between the harsh realities of his present and the upheavals of his past, Iced is at once a shocking account of the addict's life, and a compelling and often uplifting tale of human love and loss.

The Sick Bag Song chronicles Cave's 22-city journey around North America in 2014. Racked by romantic longing and exhaustion, Cave teases out the significant moments - the people, the books and the music - that have influenced and inspired him, and drops them into his sick bag.The book began its life scribbled onto airline sick bags and later evolves into a restless contemporary epic, exploring love, loss, inspiration and memory.