Author of his own fortune: Steve Van Zandt
JOE PUGLIESE
WHEN the pandemic brought a busy chapter in his life to a standstill, Springsteen’s chief lieutenant took it as an opportunity to reexamine his life and write Unrequited Infatuations, a literary yet accessible memoir that doubles as a loving ode to rock’n’roll, which he calls “an endangered species”. In addition to recounting his unexpected second (or third? Fourth?) career as an actor in The Sopranos and The Irishman, the book traces his career from his earliest obsession with The Beatles, through his tenure with The E Street Band, to his underappreciated solo career.