Book DetailsCountry: USA
Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Aardwolf Press
Publication Date: 2003
Fictional Artist: Echo and Narcissus
Genre: Rock
Country: USA
Real World Analogue: According to Siegel, Echo and Narcissus began as "my re-imagining some of [son] Max’s characters, colored by my own fear and admiration, and remembering, always, that the most exciting thing about a child—or a character—is the things he does that you never would have expected. And so it is not surprising that this novel begins after the horrible and gruesome death of Max’s parents."
Jacket Blurb:
"Mark Siegel's ECHO AND NARCISSUS is a tragicomic downbound train powered by hi-octane rock 'n' roll voodoo. From the John Fogarty swampedelic riffs of Part One, to the Jim Morrison Lizard King squalor of Part Two, to the Elvis-in-a-gold-jumpsuit decadence of Part Three, this novel chronicling the lives and hard times of Max, the wasted guitarist with a mind too nimble for his own good, and Echo, his naive yet wise child bride with pipes of gold, covers more quintessential American pop culture terrain than anything by Salmon Rushdie or Don DeLillo. Siegel is the Bad, Bad Leroy Brown of slipstream writing: meaner than a junkyard dog, but you can't help petting his razorback fur." --Paul Di Filippo, author of STRANGE TRADES
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