The Flowers Lied
by Michael Goldberg
342 pages· 2015· ISBN 9780990398349
About
Remember back when you first wanted to become a rock critic? Or when you first started to read music reviews? Those are the days of The Flowers Lied, Michael Goldberg's new rock ‘n’ roll coming-of-age novel.
Writerman, the narrator, is a rock critic wannabe obsessed with music – favorites include Captain Beefheart, the Blue Oyster Cult, the 13th Floor Elevators, John Coltrane, Pearls Before Swine, Slim Harpo, Neil Young, Sam Rivers and, of course, Bob Dylan.
This novel is for anyone who grew up in the ‘60s or '70s—or anyone who wondered what it was really like to be a teenager back then.
Witness Writerman fighting his record buying addition at Odyssey Records as store owner Lucky Larry guzzles Green Death and applies the “upsell," attending a Neil Young concert in 1973 and confronting Neil backstage, pursuing the Visions of Johanna chick of his dreams and ending up naked at the top of a Ferris wheel, alone with his best friend’s girl.
Writerman, the narrator, is a rock critic wannabe obsessed with music – favorites include Captain Beefheart, the Blue Oyster Cult, the 13th Floor Elevators, John Coltrane, Pearls Before Swine, Slim Harpo, Neil Young, Sam Rivers and, of course, Bob Dylan.
This novel is for anyone who grew up in the ‘60s or '70s—or anyone who wondered what it was really like to be a teenager back then.
Witness Writerman fighting his record buying addition at Odyssey Records as store owner Lucky Larry guzzles Green Death and applies the “upsell," attending a Neil Young concert in 1973 and confronting Neil backstage, pursuing the Visions of Johanna chick of his dreams and ending up naked at the top of a Ferris wheel, alone with his best friend’s girl.
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