- Taschenbuch: 240 Seiten
- Verlag: St. Martin's Press; Auflage: Reprint (Mai 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0312280734
- ISBN-13: 978-0312280734
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,9 x 13,9 x 1,7 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.252.720 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From rock music legend Parker comes a debut collection of ten stories, only intermittently engaging, that chronicle the life of a young bird-egg enthusiast who grows up to be a jaded but respected figure in the rock 'n' roll scene.Young Brian Porker's fascination for birds' eggs in all their speckled glory, which is the subject of the first story, The Sheld-Duck of the Basingstroke Canal, turns him into an increasingly rapacious collector, until he accidentally drops one of the eggs, cracking it to reveal the fragile, still living form inside. This theme of real life overtaking fantasy is repeated later in Brian's life, most notably in Me and the Stones, when the now-respected rocker Porker is invited by Keith Richards to audition to replace the newly dead Mick Jagger (run over by a bus after stumbling off a curb stoned), only to be rejected--not for his lack of musical ability but for the way he fills out his leather pants (or doesn't). While several tales deal with the crassness of the music life, others leave it behind to examine decidedly underclass themes, including encounters with thugs and punks, such as the one in the title story, about two skinheads who threaten Brian and a buddy as they drink and dope their way through a midlife fishing trip, until the buddy drops a name that sends the bully boys slinking away. Chloroform, one of the rawest and best pieces here, pits the pre-rock Brian against dead-end working conditions in an animal testing facility with a slow-witted co-worker, to whom Brian sells a motorbike on the installment plan, only to realize that the buyer hasn't understood the agreement.Despite some original touches, mostly in the earlier stories, the collection overall relies on familiar, effortless images of disillusionment and sordidness. -- Copyright © 2000 Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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"A book you should read... a rollicking chronicle of one man's journey from struggling musician to irascible rock' n' roll star..." --Esquire
"a splendid literary debut...gruesome and laconic in the tradition of Roald Dahl, Parker's shorts are equal parts wit, invention and sweet cruelty, readers should enjoy frissons of schadenfreude." --Publishers Weekly
"The rascally slice-of-life tales are poignant and often laugh-out-loud funny." --CMJ Music Review
"a splendid literary debut...gruesome and laconic in the tradition of Roald Dahl, Parker's shorts are equal parts wit, invention and sweet cruelty, readers should enjoy frissons of schadenfreude." --Publishers Weekly
"The rascally slice-of-life tales are poignant and often laugh-out-loud funny." --CMJ Music Review
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At that time of the day-about eleven A.M. on a brilliant July morning-my grey plimsoles had wings on them. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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A great rock original now shows real literary talent
19. August 2000
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I'm not a total Graham Parker fan but am a huge admirer of his best work. The substance of his songs, as well as their music and performance, are amongst the best I know and Parker has never had the credit he deserves, especially for his Stiff work which clearly influenced Elvis Costello. These stories show the same essentially noir sensibility -- wry, involved, bitter-sweet -- which informs the songs. After reading it, my guess is you'll want to go and listen to one of Parker's great albums like Burning Questions. On the other hand you might like to buy an album first -- and then get the book. Either way, you're in for some quality stuff. It reminds me of the vast amount of talent that flowered in the days when Notting Hill was a real place and not just a Julia Roberts vehicle. All Parker's quirky, edgy seminal music is reflected in this outstanding first story collection. Mary Morris
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Clever Name. Bad Book.
13. Juli 2001
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Maybe it's just my fast paced brain, but I found that this book often read like a transcript of a conversation between completely uninteresting people. It's slow, it's confusing, and often consists of almost incoherent conversations between people who cuss at each other a lot.
Fans of Graham Parker may find me harsh, and if you're a fan of Graham Parker you may want to give it a try. For me, the book just didn't live up to the clever title.
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Starts OK, Goes Astray
23. Januar 2003
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I started reading this as a beach book and I enjoyed the first, maybe, eight stories. The stories about his childhood and adolescence were charming and well-written. I had to put this book down, though, when Parker strayed into the dreaded "live out my unfulfilled rock fantasy" territory. Vignettes are interesting. Reading about some obscure rocker's fantasy to sing with the Stones via a self-gratifying, markedly unclever writing style is *not* interesting. If you must buy this book, tear out the last few chapters before you read it.
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