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Songs from Nowhere Near the Heart

Author: Jon Baird

Songs from Nowhere Near the Heart

Songs from Nowhere Near the Heart

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About This Book

In the dark overlap between music and industry, there dwells a group of people whose lives and dealings are every bit as commonplace and fantastic, as high-flung and ridiculous, as noble and sordid...

Page Count
288
On Sale
05/18/2001

Book Details

In the dark overlap between music and industry, there dwells a group of people whose lives and dealings are every bit as commonplace and fantastic, as high-flung and ridiculous, as noble and sordid as the stories they inspire. Don, Ross, and Chavez comprise Seventeen; Neil, Mika, Darcy, and Darren make up Limna. One is a hard-working club band committed to a music-first agenda and convinced by wily manager Deedee Vanian that this is indeed the road they're on. The other is an unapologetically commercial construct, pieced together and driven into the market by professional hitmakers and by manager Annika Guttkuhn, herself a "discovery" and protegee of Deedee's. Competing for the same recording contract, the two acts are combined on a single bill and booked for a string of appearances from New England to Florida.

But who has orchestrated the ill-fated trip, and why? How far can Annika push her act, armed with nothing but an imaginary following and her trumped-up press releases? And why should Don fro Seventeen be her chief coconspirator? Songs from Nowhere Near the Heart presents an unforgettable and richly textured cast of characters, each trying to outwit and outflank the others, for reasons and with results that won't become entirely clear before a final, hilarious sequence of events in rural Florida.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

ISBN

9781429970518

In The News

“The more author Jon Baird resists being labeled the Next Voice of Gen X, the more he seems to fit the part.” —Boston Magazine

“Jonathan Baird's writing roars with the energy and delight of a full-scale teenage riot. Buy this book, sit down, and get your hand stamped.” —John Aboud, co-editor, Modern Humorist

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Songs from Nowhere Near the Heart

Songs from Nowhere Near the Heart

$11.99

e-Book