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Summary: A Fun Romp Through Nashville!
Review: "Fender Benders" is a murder mystery surrounding the rise of country western guitarist singer/songwriter Eddie Long. The story is rich with colorful characters including the main man, Long, his smart and cunning girlfriend Megan Taylor, his managers Big Bill Herron and Franklin Peavy, his friend and biographer, Jimmy Rogers and a host of others. There is enough intrigue, backstabbing, twists, humor and schemes to fill two books. Fitzhugh brings several issues in the book to a definite conclusion while leaving some to the reader's imagination. Overall, it's a fun read and one that will definitely hold your attention.
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Summary: A Fun Romp Through Nashville!
Review: "Fender Benders" is a murder mystery surrounding the rise of country western guitarist singer/songwriter Eddie Long. The story is rich with colorful characters including the main man, Long, his smart and cunning girlfriend Megan Taylor, his managers Big Bill Herron and Franklin Peavy, his friend and biographer, Jimmy Rogers and a host of others. There is enough intrigue, backstabbing, twists, humor and schemes to fill two books. Fitzhugh brings several issues in the book to a definite conclusion while leaving some to the reader's imagination. Overall, it's a fun read and one that will definitely hold your attention.
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Summary: Not Fitzhughs best, but solid
Review: As always, Fitzhugh writes with entertaining characters, a humorous plotline, and you certainly leave the book understanding a lot more about the subject - marketing country music. Definitely worth reading, but if you're looking for Fitzhugh's best, try Pest Control or the Organ Grinders.
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Summary: Not Fitzhughs best, but solid
Review: As always, Fitzhugh writes with entertaining characters, a humorous plotline, and you certainly leave the book understanding a lot more about the subject - marketing country music. Definitely worth reading, but if you're looking for Fitzhugh's best, try Pest Control or the Organ Grinders.
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Summary: A charming and well earned 3 - 1/2 stars
Review: Bill Fitzhugh's "Fender Benders" is a slight departure from his previous novels. (Not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you!) It is a delightful read with some great characters and criss-crossing storylines. It's just a little dry in areas, whereas I was expecting something more along the lines of his earlier works. "Fender Benders" is missing a lot of the 'ha-ha' factor. But that's a minor nitpick.While this novel is clearly the tale of new country music sensation Eddie Long's rise to glory... it's also a novel packed with a fantastic supporting cast and several interesting sub-stories. I personally liked the character of Jimmy, who is Eddie's friend at the beginning and volunteers to write his biography. If there are decent lines to be had in this novel... Jimmy gets most of them. The character of Meagan (Jimmy's ex girlfriend, gasp!!) becomes Eddie's "Yoko Ono" or "Courtney Love" and is continually giving Eddie's management team conniption fits. Her vision is to insert herself as far into Eddie's life/career as possible and get all that she can. It makes for some interesting tension. Bill Fitzhugh certainly did a great job researching this novel. There is a distinct "feel" to the novel when all the characters are in the studio trying to bring together all the elements for Eddie's first record. It just works. Music, murder, money, cover-ups, backhanded dealings, investigations, sex and some of the best fried shrimp in Nashville. All these things await you as you read "Fender Benders." I liked it a lot, but not as much as his other novels. That having been said, it certainly won't stop me from picking up Bill Fitzhugh's next novel. I recommend this one with no reservations. A good read all in all.
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Summary: He got it right!
Review: Finally, a book about Nashville and the music business that is right on target. I have lived in and around Nashville all my life, and Mr. Fitzhugh nailed it! One of my favorite authors, he is a master of putting his readers into a scene, and he dosen't let us down with this one.
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Summary: Fender Benders is a Fender Bender
Review: Fitzhugh does it again with a great story line and totally awesome quirky characters. It makes you think of Shakespeare's quote, " First, we should shot all the lawyers." A great read, and can't wait for his next book. Thanks, Wm. Fitzhugh, you keep me up way too late at night reading and I love every minute of it.
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Summary: A fun read, mystery and all
Review: Fitzhugh has expanded his talent, this may be his best. I love them all, this one has much more mystery, it goes fast. Every Fitzhugh book is well researched, this one gets into the Nashville music scene in a fun way.
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Summary: Fun Combination of Humor and Mystery
Review: Great book, well written. It was a fun combination of humor and mystery.
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Summary: Guilty Pleasure
Review: Hey, it ain't Dickens; but it's a ... good read. If you're at all interested in the music business you'll really enjoy it. And anyone trying to get into the business should read it for the insights it offers into how not to get [run over] in Nashville.
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