The Last Mad Surge of Youth - Softcover

Hodkinson, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904590209 ISBN 13: 9781904590200

Publisher: Pomona, 2009

Synopsis

John Barrett is northern, working-class and possesses petrol-soaked charisma. His band, Killing Stars, toured the world and enjoyed numerous Top Ten hits while holding on to an integrity they forged through the revolution of punk and new wave.

Inevitably, the hits dried up, his time ran out. He's now washed up, an alcoholic who considers his current album `utter s**t' and says so on national television.

Dave Carey, his boyhood mate and a fellow cultural insurrectionist, was left behind years before, severed from the dream. After a string of humiliating public incidents, Barrett summons him from a humdrum job on a local weekly newspaper to ghost-write his autobiography.

He undertakes the task by Barrett's hospital bed where the pair reflect on fame, addiction, the legacy of punk, girls they've loved (and lost), suicide, mortality, where it all went wrong. And right.

About this title

Product Description:

Paperback with light wear, clean, bright, and solidly bound content.

From the Publisher:

The Last Mad Surge of Youth is an intelligent, literate read that side steps the usual clichés of rock novels. Its authenticity and authority is never compromised, a viewpoint punk held dear.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pomona
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1904590209
• ISBN 13: 9781904590200
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 203