Don't Try This at Home: A Year in the Life of Dave Navarro

by Dave Navarro and Neil Strauss

Book Overview

One day, Dave Navarro decided to open the doors of his house in the Hollywood hills to the chaos of the valley below. The only rule was, "come in the house, you get in the photo booth." The result is a diary, a sociology experiment, a documentary of Hollywood, and an exercise in exhibitionism: strippers, Kurt Loder, Marilyn Manson, pizza delivery boys, Rose McGowan, Keanu Reeves, record executives, Scott Ian, Billy Corgan, hookers, Flea, Billy Zane,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060393688
• ISBN13: 9780060393687
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: It Books
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Eye Opener

After reading this book I have a newly found appreciation on life and on Dave Navarro himself. I have a great deal of genuine respect for the man now...not only as a musician...but also, as a human being.

It's what Scar Tissue should have been

SCAR TISSUE was the pity party, this book was just plain entertaining. I've been a fan of Dave Navarro's for quite some time (in interviews he was always so witty), so I was waiting for this book to get published. I think it has an awesome formula- a look into a year out of the life of a heroin addict/musician. We don't need their entire self-absorbed life story, documenting just a year was so much better. Though it does bring up Navarro's past a little bit to give you some insight as to who he is and the roads he has taken. Many things in this book made me laugh out loud, Dave has a f*cked up sense of humor! This book was very addicting and I read it in a day. Cheers to Neil Strauss for putting up with him!

An Awesome Read!!

I agree with the one post that described this book as addicting. I couldn't seem to put it down and finished mine in a day and a half. Before reading this book, I really didn't know too much about Dave Navarro at all.. I just had heard about the whole photo booth thing and that is what initially got me interested in buying the book. Reading it was def. a very awesome experience, I almost felt like I was inside this book.. I really admire Dave because even with all his struggles and disappointment, he never fully gave up. Eventually, he turned himself around and looked at life in a different way. I think he is a very intelligent and unique guy.. certainly, not someone you would meet everyday. It's a great thing that he married Carmen and is finally really happy and in love. I think after everything he has been been through, its just what he needed. So thanks Neil and Dave for giving this book to the world. It's an original that I HIGHLY recommend. Something you will truly understand when you read it for yourself :)

In A Word....WOW

This is an amazing book, full of details you would never, ever expect. It is candid, open and extremely honest-to a fault. It is an extremely personal autobiography. Also recommending: Nightmares Echo, If I Knew Then and My Fractured Life

Amazing!

Just bought the book. It is unlike anything I expected -- in a good way. I thought it was going to be a bio, like the others. But instead it's this incredible in-depth dissection of a year of Navarro's life. It's more like a book version of a reality show: but way too dark and intense for TV. Can't believe he's still alive. Great photostrips too: some GORGEOUS women. Note to self: Move to Hollywood. Second note to self: But don't try this at home. Highly recommended.