The Unstable Boys
A Novel
$24.16
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
27 July 2021
Summary
London 1968:
The Unstable Boys are the name on every music insider’s lips and tipped to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. This is their chance to hit the bigtime. They don’t know they’re about to be obliterated by a series of tragedies and a chaotic breakup that puts paid to the band’s starry-eyed dreams of stratospheric success. One day you’re the dog’s bollocks; the next day you’re a nobody - fame is a fickle friend.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472132901 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472132904 |
| Author: | Nick Kent |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 27 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 146mm x 34mm |
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Entertaining
Entertaining * Mail on Sunday *
Enjoyable * The Times *
A wistful black comedy … Nick Kent’s sardonic first novel is full of in-jokes about the music business, publishing and the media in London – Mark Sanderson * The Times Crime Club *
About The Author
Nick Kent
Nick Kent is a legendary rock critic and author of the memoir Apathy for the Devil (Faber) and The Dark Stuff (Faber) which the Spectator called ‘a mighty tome, containing some of the best music journalism ever written’. He was also an apprentice to Lester Bangs, boyfriend of Chrissie Hynde, confidant of Iggy Pop, trusted scribe for Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, and early member of the Sex Pistols. The Unstable Boys is his first novel.
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