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How Soon is Never?
From Spitz--"Spin" writer and author of "We Got the Neutron Bomb"--comes a poignant, hilarious novel of what happens when you're 30-something, strung-out, disillusioned . . . and utterly sure that …
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The Exes
A novel on a Boston band made up of ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. It is a publicity stunt by two former lovers, songwriter Lilly and guitarist Hank, so as to give …
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I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
A raw, edgy, emotional novel about growing up punk and living to tell. The Clash. Social Distortion. Dead Kennedys. Patti Smith. The Ramones. Punk rock is in Emily Black's blood. …
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A & R
When Jim Cantone accepts an offer to become head of A & R (artists and repertoire) at WorldWide Records, he quickly finds himself in "a viper's nest, and he must …
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Gary Benchley, Rock Star
Aspiring rock star Gary Benchley leaves his dead-end life to seek his fortune in that hotbed of hipsters--Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Earnestly optimistic, he chronicles his trials and tribulations of securing a …
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The Wishbones
Everything is going pretty well for Dave Raymond. He's 31, but he still feels young. He's playing guitar with the Wishbones, a New Jersey wedding band, and while it isn't …
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The Other Life of Brian
The former singer-songwriter who created such albums as Howlin' Wind and Heat Treatment and Deepcut to Nowhere pens his first novel, a funny, strange tale of washed up rocker Brian …
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Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing
The classic underground novel about a Jewish kid from Tennessee, who moves to D.C. and hangs out with militant vegetarians, manifesto-writing shoplifters, and strippers who write feminist theory. The story …
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How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets
Evan had a hit single. But that was 10 years ago. Now 31, he's drifting, playing in a local band and teaching middle-aged guys to coax music from electric guitars. …
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High Fidelity
From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. “I've always …
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Now a major motion picture …
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Too Much, Too Late
Unlikely ex-rock star Sandy James grumbles, bemoans, and proselytizes about the long career but short success of his rock band, the Jane Ashers, in this edgy second novel from "Spin" …
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King Dork
High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that "The Catcher in the Rye" may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life.
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Garden State
This first novel by the acclaimed author of Demonology and The Ice Storm traces a group of friends in Haledon, New Jersey, through one Spring in their rocky passage towards …
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The Words of Every Song
From the acclaimed author of Long Bright River and Heft, a novel that allows us to take a peek behind the curtain of the music industry Liz Moore shows us …
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The Smiths' Meat is Murder
Joe Pernice is the singer-songwriter behind The Pernice Brothers. His previous band was The Scud Mountain Boys, and he has also recorded under the name Chappaquiddick Skyline. He runs his …
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Never Mind the Goldbergs
A seventeen-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl leaves her home in New York for the summer to film a television show in California.
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Pretty Little Dirty
A dazzling, racy, and exuberant debut--Amanda Boyden tells the story of two Midwestern girls of privilege in the late 70s and early 80s and their shared plunge from innocence. "Pretty …
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Our Noise
Originally published as a serial 'zine of interelated stories, Our Noise quickly became popular as a cult favorite, garnering rave reviews from unde rground magazines around the country. Funny, poignant, …
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Fat Kid Rules the World
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book Troy Billings is seventeen, 296 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off a New York subway platform in front of an oncoming …
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Don't Sleep With Your Drummer
At twenty-eight, Jenny Troanni has decided to become the rock goddess she was always meant to be. Items on her new to-do list include: 1) Quit going-somewhere copywriting job and …