“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.”

“A psychedelic odyssey…soars on the escapist
wings of a re-created era.”

“A pop-music fairy tale linking the Beatles to
Bruno Bettelheim.”

“I hesitate to call a book ‘important,’ but this
may well be that…I found it deeply satisfying.”

“Shiner writes with intense feeling…The novel sparkles…A story of uncommon
sensitivity, insight, and redemptive power.”

“Powerfully affecting.
Much more than yuppie reunions like The Big Chill, this captures a generation’s
sweet, desperate yearning for the 60s.”