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Not Fade Away
Jim Dodge
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Description for Not Fade Away
Paperback. George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274. 336 pages. George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight: 276.
Floorboard George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a pure white, mint condition '59 Cadillac originally intended for The Big Bopper as a token of an admirer's love. But Floorboard George has other ideas and when he disappears with the car, gangsters and cops are soon in hot pursuit.
On the road, the crazy characters, hitch-hikers and demented preachers he meets provide the high-octane entertainment as George covers many miles - and states of mind - in his quest to find the true spirit of rock 'n' roll.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841954868
SKU
V9781841954868
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-20
About Jim Dodge
Jim Dodge is the author of three novels - Fup, Not Fade Away and Stone Junction - and a collection so poetry and short prose, Rain on the River. He lives on an isolated ranch in western Sonoma County and has been by turns an apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd for five ... Read more
Reviews for Not Fade Away
rock'n'roll
The Times
The best road novel never to be adapted for the big screen - Vanishing Point with a point, Easy Rider with no hippies and a sense of historical depth.
The Guardian
expect your brain cells to be frazzled by the funk and fervour of his ... Read more
The Times
The best road novel never to be adapted for the big screen - Vanishing Point with a point, Easy Rider with no hippies and a sense of historical depth.
The Guardian
expect your brain cells to be frazzled by the funk and fervour of his ... Read more