Simon Reynolds, Author, Bill Albert, Author Serpent's Tail $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-85242-199-1
Prince, Nick Cave, Front 242, Throwing Muses, punk, acid house, soul--these are the names and trends that resonate throughout this collection of essays on pop music, written mostly for London's Melody Maker . Reynolds lets their vibration speak...
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Bill Albert, Author Permanent Press (NY) $24 (188p) ISBN 978-1-877946-49-3
Swinging from poignant drama to edgy satire to farce, Albert's moving and funny first novel pairs an awkward orphaned adolescent immersed in 1950s rock 'n' roll and an unconventional ``kept'' woman. In 1957, confused, taciturn and fat 15-year-old...
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Bill Albert, Author, Bill Alpert, Author Permanent Press (NY) $28 (0p) ISBN 978-1-877946-67-7
Though mute, Meyer Liebermann, the narrator of Albert's second novel (following Desert Blues), gives voice to a rip-roaring saga about the waning days of the Old West. In 1898, 11-year-old Meyer, on the run from his New York family, winds up hiding...
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Bill Albert, Author, Bill Alpert, Author Permanent Press (NY) $21.95 (346p) ISBN 978-1-877946-99-8
A mute young man serves as a guide through the waning days of the Old West. (Dec.)
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