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ROCK & ROLL (part 1)
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All novels about pop music are exploitation novels. There's no way round this. The world of rock is so absurd and so rooted in cliche that it will never be an appropriate setting for a 'proper' novel. And it's so extreme that parody is a waste of time.
COLIN MacINNES
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
'A book of inspiration' - Paul Weller
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PAUL MAGRS
ALL THE RAGE
'Two boys. Two girls. And a dream of stardom...'
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MARK DAWSON
THE ART OF FALLING APART
'Don't ask them for an encore'
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ALAN BLEASDALE
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
'This powerful new play'
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E.W. HILDICK
BIRDY JONES
'The amazing story of a Pop Whistler'
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SAM STEVENS
BOY BANNED
'Fame is the biggest turn-on of them all'
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SUSAN HILL
BREAKING GLASS
'She's this year's girl. See her in the shattering new movie'
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JAMIE SUZANNE
BROOKE AND HER ROCK-STAR MUM
'Having a famous parent should be great ... shouldn't it?'
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BRONTE WOODWARD & ALLAN CARR
CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC
'A Photobook to help you remember always -
the movie musical event of the '80s'
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GILLIAN CROSS
CHARTBREAK
'A rock band - and a whole new life for Janis!'
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JOHN KERSHAW
COMPANY & CO.
'More posh than punk...'
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TIMOTHY LEA
CONFESSIONS OF A POP PERFORMER
'Teenyboppers, hungry groupies, payola, crooked DJs, foreign tours, golden discs, TV spectaculars, screaming fans and packed out concert halls...'
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LOUIS CHARBONNEAU
THE CORRUPT AND THE INNOCENT
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RICHARD CARLILE
DRUMMER
'The scene is everywhere and nowhere, Drummer is everyone and no one, living is vision and nightmare'
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IAIN BANKS
ESPEDAIR STREET
'Charming, sad, comic ... the funniest, truest rock biopic' - Observer
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WOLF MANKOWITZ
EXPRESSO BONGO
'Soho Johnny never had it so good - or lost it so fast'
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ROSE IMPEY
FIREBALLS FROM HELL
'The boys have the band ... but the girls have the talent'
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JAMES ROBERT BAKER
FUEL-INJECTED DREAMS
'A wild and reckless rock 'n' roller-coaster ride through the 60s...'
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MICHAEL SLADE
GHOUL
'Reading Michael Slade is like taking an advanced course in Psycho Horror... This book is terrifying' - Alice Cooper
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LOUISE WENER
GOODNIGHT STEVE McQUEEN
'If you liked High Fidelity you'll love Goodnight Steve McQueen' - The Times
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MICHAEL WELLER
HAIR
'Let the sun shine in!'
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CHERIE BENNETT
HEAVEN CAN'T WAIT
'Cisco has to earn her angel wings ... by helping the world's sexiest rock star'
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BABS DEAL
HIGH LONESOME WORLD
'The story of a country singer'
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JOHN GILL
HYPE!
'Sex and drugs and alcohol - the making of a band'
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ALEXANDER ZELLER
THE KING LIVES ON
'Zeller is rewriting pop history. Finally the truth is out!'
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SUZANNE RAND
LAURIE'S SONG
'Is she being used, or is she being loved...'
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NORMAN SPINRAD
LITTLE HEROES
'A novel which mourns the death of rock and roll - and celebrates its rebirth' - Michael Moorcock
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LARRY KIRWAN
LIVERPOOL FANTASY
'What would have happened if the Beatles had broken up in 1962?'
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ROYSTON ELLIS
MYSELF FOR FAME
'A savagely realistic novel telling of the rise and fall of a pop star. Rips apart the fabric from their world.'
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BARRIE KEEFFE
NO EXCUSES
'The book of the TV series'
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and from our non-fiction section:
ROCK BIOGRAPHIES
the over-populated world of pop hagiography
(twenty-one book covers)
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