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Espedair Street - Iain Banks
Espedair Street
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Daniel Weir used to be a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe still is. At thirty-one he has been both a brilliant failure and a dull success. He's made a lot of mistakes that have paid off and a lot of smart moves he'll regret forever (however long that turns out to be). Daniel Weir... show more
Daniel Weir used to be a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe still is. At thirty-one he has been both a brilliant failure and a dull success. He's made a lot of mistakes that have paid off and a lot of smart moves he'll regret forever (however long that turns out to be). Daniel Weir has gone from rags to riches and back, and managed to hold onto them both, though not much else. His friends all seem to be dead, fed up with him or just disgusted - and who can blame them? And now Daniel Weir is all alone. As he contemplates his life, Daniel realises he only has two problems: the past and the future. He knows how bad the past has been. But the future - well, the future is something else.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780349102146 (0349102147)
Publisher: Abacus
Edition language: English
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altheaann
altheaann rated it
The best rock & roll novel I've ever read.Full of hope and despair (hmm, think that's what that title word is all about?), quirky humor and brilliant wit.This is one of Banks' earlier books, and one of the last that I haven't yet read by him. He's just always excellent.
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Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it
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They're supposedly just friends. But now they're lying naked on the beach together, looking up at the stars with no one else in sight, and he's trying to find a tactful way to explain how he feels about her. (This kind of thing seems to happen more frequently to rock stars than it does to me). Lucki...
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