In TENDER PREY leading Australian journalist Mark Mordue maps Cave s life up to the present as Cave moves across the globe, producing an internationally regarded body of work in music, film and literature - and a turbulent personal mythology along the way. Mordue draws on his series of conversations with Cave and comprehensive interviews with all those who have worked with or befriended him. Cave has committed himself to the book, though he will not authorise it. This works in the its favour, making it an exclusive and revealing yet independent and critical work. Mark Mordue has seen Cave performing at every stage of his career: from his early days with The Birthday Party, with his band The Bad Seeds and up till today. Mordue s background as a journalist has led to his strong connections with many of Cave s peers, including Kylie Minogue and Jarvis Cocker, Will Self, Wim Wenders and Guy Pearce, as well as Mick Harvey and Warren Ellis, who have all been interviewed for the book. One could describe Cave as a driven man amid all his creativity and movement around the world. Evoking his life lived at a frantic speed - and answering the question, Why is he so driven? - is a central element of TENDER PREY: THE LIFE AND WORK OF NICK CAVE.