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William Deverell’s first novel, Needles, won the $50,000 Seal Award, and, since then, he has published one work of non-fiction, Fatal Cruise, and ten further novels, including Trial of Passion, winner of the Hammett Prize for literary excellence in crime writing and Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. Deverell created the popular CBC Television series Street Legal and recreated its characters in a novel by that title. He is a founding member and past-president of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, a member of PEN Canada, the Screen Writers Guild, and has twice been chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada. He winters in Costa Rica and spends his summers on Pender Island in B.C.
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- ÉditeurECW Press
- Date d'édition2003
- ISBN 10 1550225944
- ISBN 13 9781550225945
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages267
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Platinum Blues
Edité par
ECW Press
(2003)
ISBN 10 : 1550225944
ISBN 13 : 9781550225945
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Description du livre Softcover. Etat : New. First Paperback Edition. In this fast-paced, wickedly funny legal thriller, a small-town lawyers case against a Los Angeles record label turns into a deadly media circus (Publishers Weekly)Living in the Northern California town of Foolsgold, widowed lawyer Oliver Gulliver is headed for a midlife crisis. It doesnt help that his eighteen-year-old daughter Elora has fallen in love with alcoholic former rock star C.C. Gilley. But then C.C. quits drinking and gets to work on a comeback album. Things actually seem to be looking up - until C.C.s car is stolen, with his priceless demo tape inside.In no time at all, another band is all over the radio with C.C.s song, and Oliver finds himself in Los Angeles working the biggest case of his life - suing a billion-dollar record company for plagiarism. But even as Oliver discovers his talent for charming the public, he finds out how nasty the music industry can get. When the stakes skyrocket from plagiarism to murder, Oliver will have to try C.C.s case like his life depends on it - because it does. N° de réf. du vendeur DADAX1550225944
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Platinum Blues (Paperback)
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ECW Press,Canada, Montreal
(2003)
ISBN 10 : 1550225944
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In Platinum Blues, Oliver Gulliver is a small-town lawyer in northern California, and hes slowly going broke. Hes a plodder and a dreamer, has never tested himself in a big trial, and is immensely protective of his two teenage girls. His very attractive 18-year-old returns home from San Francisco, where she had been seeking a modeling career, dragging home with her a once-famous, now burnt-out and alcoholic rock star, C.C. Gilley. Theyre in love. Oliver is utterly shocked and dismayed. Its like having a dope-smoking extraterrestrial in the trailer in the back yard, living with his daughter. But a quirky friendship develops as Gilley accepts Olivers dare to go cold turkey. Working in the backyard Winnebago, with guitar and portable recording studio, Gilley begins writing songs a comeback album. But the tune of his love song to Olivers daughter ("Small-Town Girl") gets stolen, and begins to get major airplay from a new band that a major label is pushing. Armed with an opinion from a music expert, Oliver finds himself in Los Angeles, tackling the big boys, suing a billion-dollar record company for plagiarism. He discovers he has a folksy talent that captures not only the admiration of the public, but that of the courts. He wins a temporary restraining order, and survives efforts to sabotage his case. This legal thriller captures the inside story of the music business as well as the arcane issue of copyright. A quirky friendship develops between Oliver, a small town lawyer, and an ex rock star who has begun writing songs again. But when the tune of one new song is stolen and gets major airplay from a band's recording, Oliver finds himself in L.A, suing a huge recording studio for plagiarism. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781550225945
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