cover image Prove It All Night!: The Bruce Springsteen Trivia Book

Prove It All Night!: The Bruce Springsteen Trivia Book

Deborah Mayer. Mustang Publishing Company (TN), $5.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-914457-17-6

A TV-production staffer at ABC News Closeup and The Cosby Show, the author describes herself as ""a Springsteen fan for nearly 12 years'' and thanks 58 people, including ``roommates past and present,'' for their help on this trivia quiz book. The arcana include ``How did Bruce know who John Hammond was?'' and ``What is the only song title with a hyphen?'' Formats range from puzzles and match-up quizzes to fill-in-the-blanks and various Q & A categories. The book is illustrated with two-dozen photos (not seen by PW, but, unfortunately, Mayer's enthusiastic effort hardly compares with the exhaustive wealth of data compiled by Patrick Humphries and Chris Hunt for Bruce Springsteen: Blinded by the Light, an encyclopedic tome published last year that makes these 96 pages seem superfluous. (March)