Rock Gods & Messy Monsters - Couverture souple

Hatz, Diane

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798986282329

Editeur : Whole Healthy Group LLC, 2022

Synopsis

Her dream job. And her worst nightmare. One woman refusing to lose her soul.

It's the 1990s. The recession is brutal, and landing a job at Acht Records is everything Alex Scott ever wanted, but nothing like she expected.

Her improbable blonde hair turns stress magenta and anger black. Her brain is trapped in a cerebrum urn. Her boss Langley explodes blood vessels that Alex must sew back together.

The head of the company holds titles including Deity and Ruling Dictator, and the aliens who bought the record company hatch a performer and force the staff to create a superstar.

What the company wants from Alex is the one thing she can't afford to lose: her soul.

What follows is a surreal descent into corporate America, where Alex navigates crazed corridors of power, an unhinged cast of characters, and a music industry that's completely lost its mind. She gets what she wants and realizes none of it will save her. Only she can do that.

The 1990s New York music scene has never seemed so alien. Or so familiar.

Wickedly funny and quietly devastating, Rock Gods & Messy Monsters is an absurdist novel about power, identity, and what it costs to stay human inside an institution that was supposed to be her dream.

Part corporate satire, part self-discovery journey, this is a book for readers who like absurdist fiction and social commentary with emotional stakes and sharp teeth.

Rock Gods & Messy Monsters is Book 1 in the Mind Monsters series.

Select Reviews

"The best kind of absurdism, the kind that wears a veneer of the surreal while having the grisly guts of reality right underneath." — Independent Book Review

"Satirical, zany, hilarious — a gut-punching commentary about the inner workings of the music industry, its power complexes, and power plays." — The BookLife Prize

"So perverse it causes one to laugh out loud... This is truly satire at its best." — US Review of Books

"A fast-paced, entertaining comic treat — a droll examination of the corporate-music world." — Kirkus Discoveries

Awards & Recognition

• Eric Hoffer Award 2024 — First Runner Up & Grand Prize Shortlist Finalist
• #1 Amazon Hot New Release in Absurdist Fiction & Pop Culture
• Winner, Indie BRAG Medallion
• Starred Reviews: Independent Book Review · The International Review of Books · US Review of Books
• Finalists: Da Vinci Eye Award · First Horizon Award · Foreword INDIES · The Wishing Shelf

The Mind Monsters Series

Follow Alex across all four books as she battles the monsters around and within her, learning how to come home to herself. Book 1, Rock Gods & Messy Monsters, Hatz's award-winning debut, introduces Alex in a surreal, alien-owned record company in 1990s New York City.

Book 1: Rock Gods & Messy Monsters (this book)
Book 2: Fallen Spirits
Book 3: The Light of Wounds
Book 4: The Journey Home

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Writer. Author. Inner Activist.

Diane Hatz worked at major and indie record companies, managed a band, and freelanced as a music publicist. She is co-founder of The Relay, a fanzine on The Who, which is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She's attended thousands of concerts.

During her sometimes-surreal career, Diane founded the nonprofit Change Food, worked to shut down factory farms, organized and spoke at major TED/TEDx events, and executive produced The Meatrix, a Webby Award winner. She has studied with The Dalai Lama and other spiritual teachers.

Diane has an Individualized Master of Arts from Antioch University in London, England, with a focus in creative writing. Rock Gods & Messy Monsters is her first novel.

In late 2020, after 30 years living in downtown Manhattan and the East Village, Diane moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. When not at her computer creating, you can find her hiking, road tripping, or gazing at the stars. The real ones.

dianehatz dot com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Whole Healthy Group LLC
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798986282329
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 254
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg