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Camden Joys hero cant wrap up the quickie bio of rock star Liz Phair hes been commissioned to write. Instead, he finds himself recounting the troubled events of his own life. His ex-girlfriend (who might be the illegitimate daughter of dead Rolling Stone Brian Jones); Liz Phair (whom hes never met); and a mystery girl in an old newspaper photo all start to blur together in his mind. If he could just get closer to his subject, maybe hed have a shot at the distinction he feels he deserves, before the assignment spins out of control . Hilarious and compelling, Joys novel is a captivating read as well as a powerful meditation on celebrity and obsession, and is rapidly assuming cult classic status. I know of no one who writes with more passion and more soul,” says Dave Eggers.
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Camden Joy's hero is writing a quickie bio of rock star Liz Phair, but increasingly finds himself recounting his own troubled life. His ex-girlfriend (possibly Brian Jones's illegitimate daughter); Liz Phair (whom he's never met); and a mystery girl in an old photo all start to blur together. Joy's novel is a witty and cogent meditation on celebrity and obsession.
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First published in 1998, The Last Rock Star Book has become an underground cult classic.
Camden Joy's hero can't wrap up the quickie biography of rock star Liz Phair he's been commissioned to write. Instead, the shaky author finds himself recounting the troubled events of his own life. His ex-girlfriend (who just might be the illegitimate daughter of dead Rolling Stone Brian Jones), Liz Phair (whom he's never met), and a mystery girl seen looting a shop in an old newspaper photo all start to blur together in his mind. If only he could get closer to his subject before the assignment spins out of control, maybe he'd have a shot at the distinction he feels he deserves . . .
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