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LindsD
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Brilliant! I don't think I've read that, but have read other stuff of his. *checks*. I've read Awaydays, which is also about his, erm, football 'supporting' experience iirc.
Diogenes
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I don’t recognise those kits
Raggedy runner
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Good summary, Chris, of Utopia Avenue. I’m a big Mitchell fan and this fell below expectations.
Chrisull
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Linds - no I haven't, thanks I must check that one out. I do go through a lot of books on fictional bands/musicians (Franzen - Freedom, Egan - Tales from the Goon Squad, Banks - Espedair Street, Keenan - This is Memorial Device), and none of them are ever quite right. And some are less right than others - (Franzen I'm looking at you, although it's hard to say what he got wrong, other than just it felt wrong).

Just found this list to distract me even more:

irishtimes.com
Chrisull
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I'm almost finished on Ubik by Philip K Dick as well, which I had to read as a digression from the High Weirdness book that I mentioned on here earlier , because they started describing the entire plot and I was like - I haven't read Ubik yet and don't want it spoiled! - and I couldn't really skip that section of the book either. Ubik started off very dusty and scaly (can't think of appropriate other adjective), but has turned into a compulsive page turner, despite some bad anachronism (slot machine controlled doors?) and has more realities within reality than a Christopher Nolan movie.
LindsD
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Some of the ones on that list look good.
Sharkie
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Espedair Street really grated with me. Part of the problem is wish fulfilment shines through so badly in most of the books about rock/pop/other musicians written by people who aren't. If that makes sense.
Diogenes
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Yes, Sharkie, it does to me.

I don’t even remember a band or music much from Freedom? Wait, it’s starting to come back to me... more a solo artist who no longer did anything?
LindsD
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I didn't either, Dio, and I loved Freedom
LindsD
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But agree with Sharks.

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