Kristen Pfaff Hovers at the Edge
Kristen Pfaff was unusual. She was someone who, throughout her life, ingratiated herself into new situations that turned out to be influential, and she often became the figurehead of such situations as a result of her natural talents. But on her diary tapes, dark undercurrents within her are revealed. People predominantly know Pfaff for dying of a heroin overdose at 27, but not of the undercurrents which might have led to that. Before writing this book I carried the same misconceptions.
Read an exclusive extract from ‘I Know How To Live’: The Life of Kristen Pfaff by Guy Mankowski.