Kick It Till It Breaks - Couverture souple

Robbins, Ira

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0984253912 ISBN 13 : 9780984253913

Editeur : Trouser Press Books, 2009

Synopsis

What do radicals, religion, race, riots, restaurants and Rufus Thomas all have in common? According to this provocative first novel by veteran music journalist Ira Robbins, they are all defining elements of the 1960s. At times dishearteningly bleak, Kick It Till It Breaks is rich with offbeat characters vividly drawn against a tableau of antiwar violence. Unlike most stories of the time, the author - who nonetheless claims a high regard for its political and cultural achievements - is unsparing in his depiction of dedicated idealists failing to uphold their ideals. The author uses slang, dialect and timely pop culture touchstones to bring the Viet Nam era to life in such disparate locales as Memphis, London, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Chicago and New York. Fans of Putney Swope, The Young Ones and A Confederacy of Dunces will likely recognize a harmony of tone and perspective with those darkly humorous works.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In his first novel, veteran music journalist Ira Robbins satirizes the foibles and fanaticism of '60s radicalism. The dark humor of Kick It Till It Breaks is tempered by affection and respect for those who devoted themselves to ending the war in Viet Nam. Ydinia Ochreman is the leader of the Plumbers, a pre-Watergate organization engaged in watery terrorism; her travels and exploits shape the story, which involves a colorful cast of dubious characters, including the incompetent FBI agent on her trail, a pacifist protest leader with a complicated agenda, a cranky peg-legged bar owner, an Irish atheist on a quest to end organized religion whose son kills people for it and a confused loser from Memphis who gets lost in London and finally finds a way to live. Rich with period detail, slang and settings, Kick It Till It Breaks is both a fond epic of long-ago times and a stick in the eye of anyone with too idealized a recollection of the era.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ira Robbins is a native of New York City. In 1974, while getting a degree in electrical engineering, he co-founded the music magazine Trouser Press, which he ran for a decade. (Visit trouserpress.com for more on that.) In addition to serving as the pop critic for Newsday and freelancing for countless music magazines in the US and UK, he has edited eight books, played guitar and sang in the new wave cover band Utensil and worked in radio. Kick It Till It Breaks is his first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Trouser Press Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0984253912
• ISBN 13: 9780984253913
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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