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A dark comedy of obsessions and a compelling story of how music feeds teenage imaginations.
In the adolscent world of neuroses, phobias and secrets, the intimacy of music provides a vital refuge:
Belfast, May 1981. Bobby Sands, the H-block hunger-striker, has died after a 65-day protest; the police are predicting riots across Northern Ireland; but the fear that grips the sixth-formers at one local grammar school isn't about the Troubles, it's about their A-levels.
Sixteen year-old 'Doug', though, has other things on his mind, like completing The Manuscript – the definitive account of his formative musical influences. He is also scheming over his favourite local band, The Decadents, who, in his opinion, lack the ambition to fulfil their talent. If Doug can only get Andy, the band's leader and his own mentor, to hire the right bass player and focus on writing that difficult second album then perhaps The Decadents, and Doug, will escape to London and to the future they all deserve.
MUSIC FOR BOYS – with its eclectic post-punk soundtrack – is an audacious account of teenage pop infatuation.
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Review:
'Reminiscent of Jonathan Coe's The Rotter's Club.' -- Guardian
About the Author:
David Cavanagh was born in Dublin in 1964, and was educated in Northern Ireland and England. He has worked as a music journalist for, amongst others, Q, Mojo and Select, and is the author of ‘My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize: The Creation Records Story’ (Virgin 2000). Music for Boys is his first novel.
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- PublisherFourth Estate
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0007148720
- ISBN 13 9780007148721
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
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