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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
August 1, 1989
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140120585
ISBN-10
0140120580
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$7.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard. When he plays, conundrums seem to solve themselves, brilliant thoughts spring to mind, and couples fall in love. The members of his band, The Derailleurs, are passionately devoted to their guiding spirit, as are all who fall under Checkerâs spell. But when another drummer, Eaton Striker, hears the prodigy play, he is pulled inexorably into Checkerâs orbit by a powerful combination of envy and admiration. Soon The Derailleurs, too, are torn apart by latent jealousies that Eaton does his utmost to bring alive. âA bittersweet, graceful, poetic, yet clear-sighted vision....A tale about good and evil, and about the promise and pain of being nineteen.â â Cleveland Plain Dealer âMore compelling even than the plot turns are Shriverâs insights into human nature....Checker and The Derailleurs, like its beguiling protagonist, is hard to forget.â â People
Editions
Hardcover
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (May 1, 1988)
9780374146436 | details & prices | List price $17.95
About: Worshiped by his fans and fellow band members, the Derailleurs, Checker Secretti seems to live a charmed existence until another musician's admiration and envy sparks off strange events and ultimate tragedy
About: Worshiped by his fans and fellow band members, the Derailleurs, Checker Secretti seems to live a charmed existence until another musician's admiration and envy sparks off strange events and ultimate tragedy
Paperback
Reprint edition from Perennial (August 1, 2009)
9780061711374 | details & prices | 319 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $13.99
About: Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard.
About: Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Penguin USA (August 1, 1989)
9780140120585 | details & prices | List price $7.95
About: Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard.
About: Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard.
CD/Spoken Word
With MacLeod Andrews (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (August 4, 2009)
9781423397151 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $24.99
About: Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard.
About: Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard.
With MacLeod Andrews (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (August 4, 2009)
9781423397137 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $36.99
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