Rock Critic Murders
25th Anniversary Edition
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- 1,49 €
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- 1,49 €
Publisher Description
First published in 1989 and written by Jesse Sublett, one of Austin’s legendary rockers, this hardboiled crime novel, set in the Austin music scene, has been reinvented by Sublett an enhanced eBook developed using iBooks Author from Apple. This iPad edition of the book includes music by Sublett’s legendary band, The Skunks, plus music by one of protagonist Martin Fender’s favorite bands, Cloud 19 (which, like Martin Fender, an Austin blues bass player, is one of Sublett’s alter egos). The book is also richly illustrated with Austin photos, live shots and surrealistic nudes from Sublett’s drawing pad. Interview clips with well-known Austin rock critics, bandmates, and Austin travelogues from Sublett will make you feel like you knocked back a couple tequila shots and woke up in the Continental Club on a rocking Saturday night.
The plot is a crazy swirl of desperate characters in the music scene and on the fringes of society, real estate swindles, vital music and furious energy. Shades of The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep, and noiresque humor.
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Redolent with the atmosphere of Austin, Tex., Sublett's gripping debut is rooted in his life as a bass guitarist in that city, mecca for hopeful musicians. Narrator Martin Fender, also a bassist, agrees to a gig reuniting the once fabulous ``True Love'' group long after its breakup, when lead guitar KC gets cash in advance from a tricky club owner. After a rehearsal, the performance is canceled because someone murders KC, and amateur sleuth Fender investigates a case that takes on bizarre proportions. Two rock critics are later killed, possibly for stealing a cache of cocaine and the 2000-pound bug landmark atop the local pest-exterminator building. Staying a step ahead of the killers and sexy Lorraine (a threat to Fender's lover Ladonna), the bassist proves his expertise in detecting and, not incidentally, explains why today's performers, composers and fans are enthralled by funky music.
