Praise for "The Last Holiday" "Leave it to Scott-Heron to save some of his best for last. This posthumously published memoir, "The Last Holiday," is an elegiac culmination to his musical and literary career. He's a real writer, a word man, and it is as wriggling and vital in its way as Bob Dylan's "Chronicles: Volume One.""--Dwight Garner, "The New York Times" "A singular triumph. . . . It's [Scott-Heron's] humility, combined with his gift for charming, unforced prose, that makes "The Last Holiday" such a fascinating memoir. . . . In 'Home Is Where the Hatred Is, ' Scott-Heron sang, 'God, but did you ever try / To turn your sick soul inside out / So that the world ... can watch you die?' Most of us haven't; most of us have never had that kind of desperate courage. Gil Scott-Heron did, baring his imperfect soul to the world for decades. We're poorer for his loss, but richer for his words."--Michael Schaub, "NPR.org" "Striking. . . . Vivid. . . . [Scott-Heron's] memoir is distinguished by the beauty of his images."--Rob Tannenbaum, "Rolling Stone" (four-star review) "Gil Scott-Heron's posthumous memoir, "The Last Holiday," plays back the life of a musician whose scorching political writings and recordings reflected the social injustice faced by African-Americans, inspiring today's rappers."--Elissa Schappell, "Vanity Fair" "His tales of growing up in the South and North, of emerging as a writer and then as a singer and musician, are blunt, funny, caustic, fair-minded and occasionally loopy, just like his music."--Jim Higgins, "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" "Much like his poetry, Scott-Heron's style is spare and effective, offering up jagged observations on fame, friendship and political and racial injustice. . . . Engaging and immensely human. And it is made all the more affecting with the knowledge of the calamities that were yet to come."--Fiona Sturges, "The Independent" (UK) "Even after his death, Scott-Heron continue