Not Fade Away
Published on 15. November 2012
336 pages
978-1-84767-713-6 (ISBN)
Description
Floorboard George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a pure white, mint condition '59 Cadillac originally intended for The Big Bopper as a token of an admirer's love. But Floorboard George has other ideas and when he disappears with the car, gangsters and cops are soon in hot pursuit.
On the road, the crazy characters, hitch-hikers and demented preachers he meets provide the high-octane entertainment as George covers many miles - and states of mind - in his quest to find the true spirit of rock 'n' roll.
On the road, the crazy characters, hitch-hikers and demented preachers he meets provide the high-octane entertainment as George covers many miles - and states of mind - in his quest to find the true spirit of rock 'n' roll.
Reviews / Votes
rock'n'roll * * The Times * * The best road novel never to be adapted for the big screen - Vanishing Point with a point, Easy Rider with no hippies and a sense of historical depth. * * The Guardian * * expect your brain cells to be frazzled by the funk and fervour of his prose. * * The Herald * * Man, we're on the road again! Big fun! * * Time Out * *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-84767-713-6 (9781847677136)
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Jim Dodge is the author of three novels - Fup, Not Fade Away and Stone Junction - and a collection so poetry and short prose, Rain on the River.
He lives on an isolated ranch in western Sonoma County and has been by turns an apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd for five years and a woodcutter. He currently works as an environmental restorer - primarily tree planting, log-jam removal and erosion control.
He lives on an isolated ranch in western Sonoma County and has been by turns an apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd for five years and a woodcutter. He currently works as an environmental restorer - primarily tree planting, log-jam removal and erosion control.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Epigraph
- PROLOGUE
- Part One: FLOORBOARD GEORGE: COAST TO COAST & GONE AGAIN
- Not Fade Away
- MESOLOGUE
- Part Two: DOO-WOP TO THE BOPPER'S GRAVE
- Not Fade Away
- Not Fade Away
- Part Three: THE PILGRIM GHOST
- Not Fade Away
- EPILOGUE
- Preview
- Praise for Jim Dodge
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright
