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A novel that contains more clues to the bond between rock bands and their fans than any factual biography, Marc Spitz's HOW SOON IS NEVER begins as the story of a Long Island adolescence, and of how the 1980s English group the Smiths transformed the life of Joe Green, the book's protagonist. However, all good bands come to an end--the Smiths break up, and things will never be quite the same for Joe again. Years later, now in his thirties and a moderately successful if disillusioned rock journalist, Green starts a relationship with a woman who shares his affection for the band. They concoct a scheme to recapture the excitement of their youth by reuniting the Smiths, in the process meeting all the band's members save its reclusive singer, Morrissey. Green's journey through adolescent trauma and mid-life crisis will be instantly recognizable to anyone who ever felt the thrill of identification with a favorite band or singer, while his ultimately futile attempts to recapture the excitement of his youth and the prickly realism of his encounters with his one-time idols place the story well outside the realms of nostalgia.
| Size | | Length: | 350 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 7.7 oz |
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