Novels based in the Rock World

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   ivylander says Thomas McGuane's "Panama." When it came out in the last '70s, it was pretty much critically reviled. I think a reappraisal is in order.

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   stevegoz says I quite liked How Soon Is Never?by Marc Spitz, about a crazed rock writer who wants nothing more in life than to reunite The Smiths. Tom Perrotta's The Wishbones, about the romantic trials and tribulations of a guy in a wedding band, is also worthwhile. I've also heard good things about John Kaye's novels, which I own but haven't gotten around to yet. Espedair Street is indeed fantastic.

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   Neill says Most books by Iain Banks are...

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   Kate says Neill, I don't know anyone in the U.S. who loves Martin Millar. 3 Cheers for posting about him, he is wonderful. If you ever come across a copy of "The Good Fairies of New York", hook me up. I like "War for the Oaks" by Emma Bull, and "The Little Country" by Charles de Lint. Both have a strong undercurrent of music running through them. And De Lint always gives a list of all the albums he listened to while writing his novels. If you are a jazz lover, the best novel I have read about jazz is "The Bear Comes Home" by Rafi Zabor.

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   Sureshot says Been working my way through the list linked below for a couple of years now. http://www.bomp.com/BompbooksFiction2.html I especially recommend Dee Dee Ramone's 'Chelsea, Horror Hotel'. Richard Allen's books from the eighties are also worth checking out. Skinhead, Suedehead, Sorts, Mod Rule etc.

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   fairportfan says Well, if you can get past the writing style, *The Commitments*. And an oddity - an SF/alternate history/rock'n'roll novel, *Wrack and Roll* (if you can find it) Emma Bull's *War for the Oaks* isn't so much about music as it's about a woman who's a hot (in more than one sense) rhythm guitarist who gets involved in a Faierie War in M'pls/St Paul. Great stuff. (And i first heard of Boiled in Lead in it.)

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   stevegoz says I want to read more Iain Banks. Sadly, only his sci-fi books seem to be in print here, so I scored Espedair and Dead Air from amazon.uk, where the postage cost more than the product.

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   Neill says The Wasp Factory is THE book. Outstanding with a great twist.

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   Neill says Nice One, Sureshot!

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    d0gstar says I've heard good things about Great Jones Street, by Don Delillo, but haven't read it. It's a Dylan fictionalization. Also, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, by Salman Rushdie - read it a while ago, but can't remember what I thought of it. One of the funniest I have read is Never Mind the Pollacks, by Neil Pollack. Snarky as all hell, but what do you expect - a dead on parody, in places

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