Nick Cave

And the Ass Saw the Angel is the first and only novel by the musician and singer Nick Cave, originally published in 1989 by Black Spring Press in the United Kingdom and Harper Collins in the United States. It was republished in 2003). There is a luxury Collector's edition due to be printed at the end of summer 2007 by Black Spring Press. With its Southern Gothic setting, critics have compared it favorably with novels by American authors William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.

Awards and nominations
1990 Time Out Magazine: Book Of The Year