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- Author
- Lewis Shiner
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Publish Date
- 15 February 2014
- Run Time
- 12 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Ray Shackleford is trying to deal with the death of his father and the collapse of his marriage when the impossible happens: music that no one has ever heard before begins to play from his stereo speakers. It is only the first step on a journey that will take him to Los Angeles, London, Cozumel, and points far beyond, and that will bring him face to face with Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, Jimi Hendrix—and his own mortality.
Critics Review
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“Almost no one can approach Shiner’s mastery in capturing the experience of listening to a brilliant song…Even more, the skillful way that Shiner weaves the music into the stories of Ray and the world around him makes them into an inseparable, twined-together braid, a chord of emotion and tension that has moments of heartbreak, joy, and even terror…Rudnicki gave a beautiful performance, full of passion and understanding for the text, and the source material is just so good. If you love rock and roll, fantasy, science fiction, and/or audiobooks, I recommend this to you without reservation.”
Cory Doctorow, author of Homeland
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“A psychedelic odyssey…soars on the escapist wings of a re-created era.”
Rolling Stone
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“A pop-music fairy tale linking the Beatles to Bruno Bettelheim.”
Village Voice
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“I hesitate to call a book ‘important,’ but this may well be that…I found it deeply satisfying.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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“Shiner writes with intense feeling…The novel sparkles…A story of uncommon sensitivity, insight, and redemptive power.”
Publishers Weekly
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“Powerfully affecting. Much more than yuppie reunions like The Big Chill, this captures a generation’s sweet, desperate yearning for the 60s.”
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Details
- Author
- Lewis Shiner
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Duration
- 12 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 February 2014
- ISBN
- 9781482998580
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Fantasy
Synopsis
Ray Shackleford is trying to deal with the death of his father and the collapse of his marriage when the impossible happens: music that no one has ever heard before begins to play from his stereo speakers. It is only the first step on a journey that will take him to Los Angeles, London, Cozumel, and points far beyond, and that will bring him face to face with Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, Jimi Hendrix—and his own mortality.
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