Book DetailsCountry: USA
Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Bantam Books
Publication Date: 1967
Fictional Artist: Gloriana O'Toole
Genre: Rock
Country: USA
Real World Analogue: Janis Joplin
Jacket Blurb:
Norman Spinrad, acclaimed author of Bug Jack Barron and Child of Fortune, has created an extraordinarily powerful novel of sex, rock and revolution driven by a relentless 4/4 beat.
It is the near future. Tens of millions now live in the streets. The City teems with Uzi-toting enforcers, kibble-munching streeties and wire heads plugged in to the latest electronic high.
And somewhere along the line, rock and roll has lost its soul - or rather sold it to a megacorporation that churns out synthesized hits with all the passion of the market research reports that dictate their demographic parameters.
From the highest towers of the corporate world to the sex-and-thrill bars, to the death-infested streets, an explosion is about to take place...
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