Robert Duncan (3)

Interesting read - def recommend it!

A shaggy-dog type story about rock & roll youth in the 1970s. Creem magazine is part of the story and the book is written in the same biting, loopy way that Creem was written in during its heyday. Lester Bangs' writing also casts a long shadow here, and Bangs makes a cameo appearance as do many '70s New York musicians. If you enjoy this era, you'll find this book a lot of fun.

An all-out, drug-and-alcohol fueled romp of a fictional memoir of a short-lived stint as a rock 'n' roll frontman followed by a career move into writing for Creem with Lester Bangs and beyond. A great time.

Robert Duncan is great at describing the moment. His prose was music to my ears. As a lover of all music genres, I was excited to review this book for the Early Reviewers Program. Although this story was funny and witty and filled with all the details of a boy growing up and experiencing rock and roll and girls, I was happy that the protagonist finally grew up at the end. Some of the middle of the book runs a little repetitive and long but overall I enjoyed it.