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- Author Lewis Shiner
- Narrator Stefan Rudnicki
- Publish Date 25 January 2014
- Run Time 12 hours and 4 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fantasy, Fiction: general and literary.
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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
“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.”
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