Sway: A Novel - Hardcover

Lazar, Zachary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316113093 ISBN 13: 9780316113090

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Synopsis

A novel inspired by the histories of the Rolling Stones and the Manson family follows the experiences of a California youth whose life is influenced by a love triangle involving Keith Richards, the social movements of the 1960s, and Manson's community of followers. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

`Lazar's hugely impressive achievement is to evoke the energy of an over-documented time in a new way...Lazar's feel for the dialogue of Jagger and Richards, for their louche humour, is so instinctive that you forget that what you're reading is an extrapolation. As dark and enigmatic as its central subjects, Sway often feels like a whole new genre of folklore fiction...it's irresistible' -- Daily Mail

`dark, intricate eulogy to the bloody death of Sixties idealism'
-- Esquire

'...layers of manipulation and control...the most haunting spell is the one that Lazar casts over the reader...' -- Daily Telegraph

'Lazar's empathetic reconstructions attain a psychologically astute solidity... a glimpse of the worlds the protagonists dreamed... then cocooned themselves in' -- New Statesman

`Lazar is a clever enough writer to let his juxtapositions and cross-cuts do the work: indeed his visual imagination pervades...' Bharat Tandon -- TLS

`a new folklore removed from the heady image of the 1960s ... it's only a vision of reality but Lazar certainly makes it a believable one' -- Metro

`reveals Lazar to be a considerable talent', Michel Faber -- The Guardian

Book Description:

One of the most exciting new voices in literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0316113093
• ISBN 13: 9780316113090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 255