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Summary: A portrait of the artist as a singer/songwriter
Review: This is not only a superb novel about rock'n'roll, it is also a touching and unsentimental love story, and one of the most evocative accounts of the creative life I've ever read. You don't need to be a musician or even a fan of pop music to empathize with the struggle of songwriter Laurie Moss. Anybody who has ever created or tried to will recognize him or herself in this book, and anyone who wonders what it's like to gamble everything on a song will find out just what that means. It's also a great read; I devoured it in two sittings. It's a rare thing to find a book that's this enlightening and this entertaining all at once.
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Summary: Great story showing the other side of music stardom!
Review: This was my first Lewis Shiner book so I didn't know whether I'd enjoy it or not. I was expecting a story detailing the rise and fall of a rock star. I was pleasantly surprised to find that instead it deals with the struggle and ordeals of trying to make it to the top. I liked Shiner's style of telling the story from interviews with people who knew Laurie and then from Laurie herself. The story of Laurie seemed so real that after reading it I found myself searching the Internet in hopes of finding some of her recorded music....darn, none to be found!I really enjoyed the book, and I'm hoping that Shiner decides to write a prequel book telling the gritty details of the legendary character Skip Shaw!
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Summary: One of the best novels on rock and roll
Review: Well, Lewis Shiner has done it again. A superb, underrated writer who first made his name writing great cyberpunk science fiction, Shiner has written a thoughtful, revealing look at a young singer-songwriter's struggle to make a name for herself in the music business. It is a poignant, mesmering tale about a would be Ani DiFranco. His crisp prose is literally music to my ears - sweet and clear - his words eloquently reveal his rock and roll musicians as living, emotionally complex, people, not as one-dimensional cartoons. Along with his previous novel "Glimpses", Shiner has written some of the best fiction pertaining to rock and roll. Before you read a novel written by any other author on rock and roll, please take a look at Shiner's work first.
Rating:
Summary: One of the best novels on rock and roll
Review: Well, Lewis Shiner has done it again. A superb, underrated writer who
first made his name writing great cyberpunk science fiction, Shiner
has written a thoughtful, revealing look at a young
singer-songwriter's struggle to make a name for herself in the music
business. It is a poignant, mesmering tale about a would be Ani
DiFranco. His crisp prose is literally music to my ears - sweet and
clear - his words eloquently reveal his rock and roll musicians as
living people, not as one-dimensional cartoons. Along with his
previous novel "Glimpses", Shiner has written some of the
best fiction pertaining to rock and roll. Before you read a novel
written by any other author on rock and roll, please take a look at
Shiner's work first.
Rating:
Summary: One of the best novels on rock and roll
Review: Well, Lewis Shiner has done it again. A superb, underrated writer whofirst made his name writing great cyberpunk science fiction, Shinerhas written a thoughtful, revealing look at a youngsinger-songwriter's struggle to make a name for herself in the musicbusiness. It is a poignant, mesmering tale about a would be AniDiFranco. His crisp prose is literally music to my ears - sweet andclear - his words eloquently reveal his rock and roll musicians asliving people, not as one-dimensional cartoons. Along with hisprevious novel "Glimpses", Shiner has written some of thebest fiction pertaining to rock and roll. Before you read a novelwritten by any other author on rock and roll, please take a look atShiner's work first.
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