Friday, May 23, 2008

The Top 30 Rock Books I Own: #10 Paperback Writer

Title: Paperback Writer
Author: Mark Shipper
Year Originally Published: 1977
Edition I Own: First Ace Printing, 1980

What They Say: 1) The Village Voice (Greil Marcus): "The finest novel ever written about rock and roll." 2) San Francisco Chronicle (Joel Selvin): "Devastatingly funny."

Tuomala's Attempt At A Take: I bought this last year used via Amazon.com. Like the Rutles movie that came out around the same time, it's funny at times but didn't really have much humor that stuck with me. Except for the likes of this concert flyer which cracks me up if I even think about it. The photo link is from the rockcritics.com site, which has a fine discussion between Scott Woods and Richard Riegel about the book.