"A stunning book of lyrics and stories from Hadestown -- the winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical -- from its author, songwriter Anaïs Mitchell with a foreword by Steve Earle"--

In this updated version of the Greek myth, Orfeo, dressed in a leather jacket, trainers and jeans, sees his Eurdice die in a street accident. Succumbing to depression, he languishes in Hades, a psychiatric hospital, before taking his electric guitar to charm the beasts in an innercity concrete jungle.