Up Went Pussycat

The way of the world, the nature of man, the meaning of life, as viewed through the lens of rock ’n’ roll...

Smart, funny, thought-provoking, and razor sharp, Chase Peter Garrettson’s UP WENT PUSSYCAT is a novel with a philosophic soul and a rock ’n’ roll heart; the story of two men whose vastly different life-paths intersect where stardom meets fandom with unexpected and potentially devastating consequences.

Greg Albini is an unrepentant hypochondriac who sees his life as a glass half full…of slow-acting poison. Superstar rock musician Talon Caine is a master of creativity and control whose recent dabbling with New Age musical forms is threatening to incite his fellow band members to open rebellion. When Greg is selected at random to spend a week with the reclusive rock star at his ranch as part of a utopian social experiment, he finds himself immersed in an unfamiliar world of whole grains, spiritualism, and holistic cures, as alien to him as a flash mob would be to Beethoven. And when he stumbles upon something he wasn’t meant to see, the result is nearly catastrophic, causing wide rifts in both his and Talon’s opposing belief systems. Like ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE performed with screaming guitar solos and a driving bass backbeat, UP WENT PUSSYCAT is a provocative tale of existential truths and rumors; of fate versus meaningful coincidence.