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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Overlook Pr
Publication date
February 27, 2014
Pages
343
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781468308013
ISBN-10
1468308017
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.50 by 9 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Original list price
$26.95
Summaries and Reviews
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Exposed in his impressionable youth to the absurdist literature of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, the Wonderkidsâ lead singer, songwriter, and resident mad genius Blake Lear has always written lyrics as silly as they are infectious. Why make sense, he says, when nonsense is so much more fun? Rock and roll has always been for the kids, right?
This is why Blake has no objection when the band is offered a deal with the devil: the Wonderkids will be rock stars, adored and revered. The catch? Their audience will be children. They will be a âkindieâ band avant la lettre, before the Wiggles and Dan Zanes were a twinkle in Raffiâs eye. The band takes America by storm, and things go very rightâuntil they go very wrong. The temptations of the road are many, and the Wonderkids are big kids, too.
Narrated by Sweet, a boy Blake adopts on a whim, who becomes the bandâs disciple, merch guy, amateur psychologist, andâeventuallyâdamage control guru, Wonderkidis a delirious and surprisingly touching novel of the dangers of compromise, thwarted ambition, and fathers and sons, told with tremendous humor and energy by Wesley Staceâthe rare writer who is as comfortable inside a rock club as he is inside a bookstore. A backstage epic of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but also sippy cups, pillow fights, and Baby Bjorns, this is Almost Famous through the looking glass.
From Wesley Staceâformerly known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Hardingâthe hugely entertaining novel about the touring life of Americaâs unlikeliest rock stars.
Sold-out concerts, screaming fans, TV shows, Number Ones. This is the rock and roll dream, and the Wonderkids are living it. But somethingâs wrong. The gigs are sold out, sure, but the halls are packed with little kidsânot sexy hipsters. And that screaming? It sounds more wailing, actually. The TV appearances are PBS on Saturday morning, rather than Saturday Night Live, and as for Number Ones . . . you donât want to know.Exposed in his impressionable youth to the absurdist literature of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, the Wonderkidsâ lead singer, songwriter, and resident mad genius Blake Lear has always written lyrics as silly as they are infectious. Why make sense, he says, when nonsense is so much more fun? Rock and roll has always been for the kids, right?
This is why Blake has no objection when the band is offered a deal with the devil: the Wonderkids will be rock stars, adored and revered. The catch? Their audience will be children. They will be a âkindieâ band avant la lettre, before the Wiggles and Dan Zanes were a twinkle in Raffiâs eye. The band takes America by storm, and things go very rightâuntil they go very wrong. The temptations of the road are many, and the Wonderkids are big kids, too.
Narrated by Sweet, a boy Blake adopts on a whim, who becomes the bandâs disciple, merch guy, amateur psychologist, andâeventuallyâdamage control guru, Wonderkidis a delirious and surprisingly touching novel of the dangers of compromise, thwarted ambition, and fathers and sons, told with tremendous humor and energy by Wesley Staceâthe rare writer who is as comfortable inside a rock club as he is inside a bookstore. A backstage epic of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but also sippy cups, pillow fights, and Baby Bjorns, this is Almost Famous through the looking glass.
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Hardcover
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from Overlook Pr (February 27, 2014)
9781468308013 | details & prices | 343 pages | 6.50 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $26.95
About: From Wesley Staceâformerly known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Hardingâthe hugely entertaining novel about the touring life of Americaâs unlikeliest rock stars.
About: From Wesley Staceâformerly known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Hardingâthe hugely entertaining novel about the touring life of Americaâs unlikeliest rock stars.
Paperback
from Overlook Pr (March 10, 2015)
9781468310085 | details & prices | 343 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.64 lbs | List price $16.95
About: From Wesley Staceâformerly known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Hardingâthe hugely entertaining novel about the touring life of Americaâs unlikeliest rock starsFrom Wesley Staceâformerly known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Hardingâthe hugely entertaining novel about the touring life of Americaâs unlikeliest rock stars Sold-out concerts, screaming fans, TV shows, Number Ones.
About: From Wesley Staceâformerly known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Hardingâthe hugely entertaining novel about the touring life of Americaâs unlikeliest rock starsFrom Wesley Staceâformerly known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Hardingâthe hugely entertaining novel about the touring life of Americaâs unlikeliest rock stars Sold-out concerts, screaming fans, TV shows, Number Ones.
CD/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Dreamscape Media Llc (July 22, 2014)
9781629236988 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.56 lbs | List price $59.99
About: Sold-out concerts, screaming fans, TV shows, Number Ones.
About: Sold-out concerts, screaming fans, TV shows, Number Ones.
Mp3 una edition from Dreamscape Media Llc (July 22, 2014)
9781629237022 | details & prices | 5.50 × 4.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $29.99
About: Sold-out concerts, screaming fans, TV shows, Number Ones.
About: Sold-out concerts, screaming fans, TV shows, Number Ones.
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