HOT WAX
An electric, rock and roll fuelled story of one band's rise to stardom and one women's quest for answers
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- HUF2,990.00
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- HUF2,990.00
Publisher Description
'A propulsive father-daughter story infused with rock 'n' roll ' JENNIFER EGAN
'[A] feverishly-composed rock 'n' roll masterpiece' LAYNE FARGO
'The sleaze of the Stooges, the energy of the Ramones and the glamour of the Cramps - Hot Wax is a pure foot-on-the-monitors, amps-up-to-ten rock 'n' roll classic' MAT OSMAN
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**Includes bonus essay from M. L. Rio on the rise of analogue culture**
Some people chase the spotlight. Only a few survive it.
1989: Suzanne is a wild child, swept up in her father's world of muscle cars and rock 'n' roll. There's nowhere she would rather be than out on the road with his band, on the concert tour that might skyrocket them to stardom. After one night of chaos and bloodshed brings their whole world crashing down, young Suzanne will never be the same.
2018: Suzanne trades the guts and glory of her youth for the calm stability of suburbia, but the marriage that was supposed to be her solid ground now feels more like a cage. When her estranged father's untimely death offers her an escape, Suzanne leaps at the chance - driving back into the past she's spent decades trying to outrun, even as her present threatens to catch up.
A raucous, breakneck ride to hell and back - where getting lost might be the only way to find yourself and save your soul.
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Rio (If We Were Villains) captures the joy and danger of rock 'n' roll in her raucous latest. Photographer Suzanne, 41, is adrift in Florida, having left her straightlaced and possessive husband, Rob. Her car, a 1968 Ford Ranchero that belonged to her recently deceased father, Gil, is on its last legs. Despite her years apart from Gil, a Cuban immigrant and rock band frontman, he loomed large in her imagination: "the world felt deadly empty now that he was gone." Suzanne is not just grieving her dad, but a childhood of innocence lost too early. Flashbacks to 1989 reveal Suzanne as an independent 10-year-old, waiting for her rockstar father to return home from tour. When her mom remarries and leaves for her honeymoon, she gets a dream come true: life on the road with Gil & the Kills for a summer. On tour, she witnesses an act of violence that she's still trying to understand as an adult. In the present day, Suzanne gets help with the Ranchero from 20-something bohemian couple Simon and Phoebe, in return for towing their Airstream trailer. As Suzanne hits the road with Simon and Phoebe, the pair helps her move on from Rob and reckon with the truth of what happened three decades earlier. Rio keeps the reader guessing—and turning the pages—while shining a light on Suzanne's emotional scars. This electrifies.
