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The Alternative Hero

by Tim Thornton
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In this comic, wildly energetic first novel, Clive Beresford is a failed music fanzine writer in his early thirties who fears that his best days are behind him.  The turning point came when Lance Webster, the lead singer of Thieving Magpies, the band that Clive is obsessed with, self-destructed on stage right before his eyes.  Years later, Clive has discovered that Lance has moved in down the block.  Desperate to meet him, but more desperately nervous, Clive concocts an ill-advised, alcohol-fueled scheme to befriend Lance and land an “earth-shattering exclusive” interview that will revive both their careers.  With the story shifting between Clive’s life-changing Magpies past and his frantic present, Tim Thornton has written a warmhearted, uproarious view of friendship, hero worship, and the full-blast power of music.
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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 21, 2009

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780307272362
  • Release date: July 21, 2009

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780307272362
  • File size: 2174 KB
  • Release date: July 21, 2009
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subjects

Fiction Humor (Fiction)

Languages

English

In this comic, wildly energetic first novel, Clive Beresford is a failed music fanzine writer in his early thirties who fears that his best days are behind him.  The turning point came when Lance Webster, the lead singer of Thieving Magpies, the band that Clive is obsessed with, self-destructed on stage right before his eyes.  Years later, Clive has discovered that Lance has moved in down the block.  Desperate to meet him, but more desperately nervous, Clive concocts an ill-advised, alcohol-fueled scheme to befriend Lance and land an “earth-shattering exclusive” interview that will revive both their careers.  With the story shifting between Clive’s life-changing Magpies past and his frantic present, Tim Thornton has written a warmhearted, uproarious view of friendship, hero worship, and the full-blast power of music.
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Fiction Humor (Fiction)