Ready to rock and roll through the tumultuous times of the music industry?
Our protagonist, Nick Du Pont, is a savvy manager navigating the highs and lows of the music scene in the 70s and 80s. He’s a man on a mission, dealing with difficult artists, and battling to get his bands played on popular radio shows.
Can Nick sign the unpredictable band ‘The Flame Throwers’ and manage their wild ways? Will he be able to keep up with the rapidly changing trends and survive in the cut-throat world of the music industry?
Nick’s reputation and livelihood hang in the balance as he risks it all to sign ‘The Flame Throwers’. Success could mean fame and fortune, but failure could leave him forgotten and penniless.
Experience a rollercoaster of emotions as you delve into the drama, passion, and chaos of the rock and punk scenes of yesteryears.
D.J. Taylor, a British novelist, biographer, and critic, is renowned for his intricate narratives that beautifully blend history, culture, and the arts.
A propos de l’auteur
D.J. Taylor has written twelve novels, including English Settlement (1996), which won a Grinzane Cavour Prize, Trespass (1998) and Derby Day(2011), both of which were long-listed for the Booker Prize, Kept (2006), a U.S. Publishers’ Weekly Book of the Year, and The Windsor Faction (2013), joint winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. His non-fiction includes Orwell: The Life, winner of the 2003 Whitbread Prize for Biography, The Prose Factory: Literary Life in England Since 1918 (2016) and Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature 1939-1951 (2019). His most recent books are a collection of short stories, Stewkey Blues (2022), and Critic at Large: Essays and Reviews: 2010-2022 (2023). His new biography, Orwell: The New Life, was published in 2023. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Norwich with his wife, the novelist Rachel Hore.
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