Anyone here a fan of singer John Wesley Harding?

He wrote a novel under his real name of Wesley Stace. It's called Misfortune and it's really a great read.

It was released in April 2005. Anyway, it is set in the 1800's in Britain. Interesting and entertaining writing so far. I haven't finished it yet. About half-way finished. The review below doesn't contain a spoiler (the last bolded part) but instead is part of the book all throughout:

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One of the most auspicious debuts of recent years, Wesley Stace's Misfortune follows the rise, fall, and triumphant return of Rose Old, a foundling rescued from a London garbage heap in 1820 by the richest man in Britain. Lord Geoffroy Loveall, whose character has been shaped by perpetual mourning for a sister who died in childhood, seizes on the infant as a replacement for his beloved sister. With the help of trusted servants, he arranges for the child to be lovingly brought up at his ancestral mansion, Loveall Hall--to all appearances, his biological daughter and unhoped-for heir. No matter that the baby is not a girl.

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in Portland, Oregon at the Alladin Theater. He was a guest on a local radio program called Livewire........... He talked about the book and sang a couple of songs. It was a good show.

I bought his book that night, but have not jumped into it yet. What I did read looked pretty good.