The Alternative Hero (Vintage Contemporaries) - Softcover

Thornton, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307456137 ISBN 13: 9780307456137

Publisher: Vintage, 2010

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Review:

"Delightful. . . . Thornton nails the '80s/'90s alternative rock scene with a loving eye and knowing wink. . . . Hilarious." --New York Post

"Lovingly detailed. . . . Music nerds of all ages may recognize more of themselves than they care to admit." --Entertainment Weekly

"[A] walloping debut novel. . . . Thornton's peculiar genius is in marking those teenage tablatures and playing them all the way through." --Austin Chronicle

"A hilarious first novel." --People

"The indiest book of all time. . . . The Thieving Magpies are a fictional band you might actually want to hear." --The Guardian (UK)

"Uproarious . . . A subtly self-reflexive novel . . . [It] works brilliantly." --Miami Herald

"His British origins and obscure-music theme may recall Nick Hornby, but Tim Thornton focuses on the guy adrift and in love with his personal rock god--not some crazy, doe-eyed girl--laying down such rich nineties-alternative references that you wish the protagonist's hero wasn't fictitious." --Details

"Thornton explores the gentle complexities of this odd couple with wit and warmth."--Independent (London)

"Sparkly and authentic." --Times (London)

"Brilliant depictions of the era. . . . A book that reminds you just how music can shape and change a life." --Word magazine (UK)

"Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band actually existed, or suspecting that they did. The Alternative Hero is a weirdly compelling portrait of fanatic fandom which reads like High Fidelity at high volume." --Jay McInerney

"A deliciously bittersweet novel that will touch the heart of anybody who ever fell in love with rock and roll." --Mick Brown, author of Tearing Down the Wall of Sound

"With The Alternative Hero, Tim Thornton has gone through the looking glass of obsessive fandom and brought back a hilarious, memorable, and hard-rocking tale." --Madison Smartt Bell

Book Description:

A wonderful novel about music, idols and obsessive fans: if you were alive and listening to rock in the '90s, read this book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0307456137
• ISBN 13: 9780307456137
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416