felser Posted September 24, 2023 Report Posted September 24, 2023 6 hours ago, JSngry said: They call this a novel, but I'm not sure that it really is. Reads more like history with the names changed to protect against lawsuits. And some characters are composited. The Phil Spector character is obvious, as is the Berry Gordy character, though the label reads as Vee Jay rather tha Motown in the later parts of the book. Not sure who Mark Donovan is based on, and don't know enough about country music to ID those characters. Book does great job of describing payola. Quote
medjuck Posted October 2, 2023 Report Posted October 2, 2023 2 hours ago, GA Russell said: Is that a first edition? Also, I thought he'd dropped the "Ross" by then. Quote
GA Russell Posted October 2, 2023 Report Posted October 2, 2023 3 hours ago, medjuck said: Is that a first edition? Also, I thought he'd dropped the "Ross" by then. Yes, Goodreads says that this is the first edition's cover. The hardback I actually read was a collection of three novels. Quote
jazzbo Posted October 8, 2023 Report Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) It's so much fun re-reading these tales of the B. Cool and Lam Detective Agency, and also cool to be reading a very old paperback. Edited October 8, 2023 by jazzbo Quote
ejp626 Posted October 10, 2023 Report Posted October 10, 2023 Halfway through Madame Bovary, and I get the sense things aren't going to work out well for her. 🤔 But no more spoilers. 🤐 After this, Angela Carter's Wise Children, her last novel. Then this weekend, I have a very long bus ride to Detroit and back. Then plan is to take Fante's Bandini Quartet. I'll likely finish it on the trip or just after. Quote
Bluesnik Posted October 12, 2023 Report Posted October 12, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 3:51 AM, ejp626 said: Then plan is to take Fante's Bandini Quartet You won´t be disappointed by it. Specially the first and last novels. I have it too and read it no too long ago. Quote
ejp626 Posted October 13, 2023 Report Posted October 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Bluesnik said: You won´t be disappointed by it. Specially the first and last novels. I have it too and read it no too long ago. I hope so. I've owned it for over 15 years, and I'm finally going to tackle it... Quote
Bluesnik Posted October 14, 2023 Report Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 6:18 AM, ejp626 said: I've owned it for over 15 years I also had it for a long time before I read it. On 9/25/2023 at 6:34 PM, BillF said: Now THAT is a cover. Quote
GA Russell Posted October 17, 2023 Report Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) Joe Medjuck, TTK and sgcim might like this. The writing is pretty dry, but the author provides a long list of films that look interesting. Edited October 17, 2023 by GA Russell Quote
GA Russell Posted October 19, 2023 Report Posted October 19, 2023 Highly recommended, if you are interested in premium cigars. Quote
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