New Bio of Monk

[rich]

this sounds a bit like Pynchon

Possibly most important of all the perceptions to combat, Mr. Kelley
said, “was that Monk was an ‘artiste,’ a reclusive personality.”

“He wanted to get a hit,” Mr. Kelley continued. “He wanted to make
money. It wasn’t about fame; it was about a working musician who
believes that you could take a pure piece of music and get people to
buy it.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/books/17monk.html?ref=arts