{"product_id":"drummer-paperback-1","title":"Drummer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRick Carlile\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eAlwyn W. Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eRichard Carlile\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the \u003cb\u003eFirst Time in Forty Years\u003c\/b\u003e - the \u003cb\u003eRock Horror Cult Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatured in \u003cb\u003eMOJO Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e's \"\u003cb\u003ePaperback Rioters\u003c\/b\u003e\" article (MOJO #290, January 2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA hell of a ride\u003c\/b\u003e... The closest parallel is probably \u003cb\u003eDavid Bowie's Diamond Dogs album\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e- From the Foreword by Alwyn W. Turner.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA WILD NEON-LIT NIGHTMARE CITY - A BAND ON THE EDGE OF SANITY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-----\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...At the first moment of their appearance in the stadium the constant screaming of the fans swelled to a great bestial chaos of sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalk held up his arms and appealed for quiet, shouting into his mike in a futile attempt to make himself heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Okay, here we go. A-four, a-three, a-two, a-one!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey launched into the act. No-one heard them. Like figures in a silent movie they plucked their guitars, mouthed and gaped, stamped, shook, gesticulated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sonny smashed his instrument to pieces and hurled away the bits, began to tear off his clothes and scratch his face, the fans took it all as part of the performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey smelled blood, and howled for more...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-----\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e...PSYCHEDELIC, PSYCHOTIC... TOO OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD TO BE FACT, TOO TRUE-TO-LIFE TO BE FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A future world dominated by \u003cb\u003evast discrepancies in wealth and power\u003c\/b\u003e, and shaped by \u003cb\u003esex\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003edrugs and rock and roll\u003c\/b\u003e, with lashings of \u003cb\u003eviolence\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eriots and revolution\u003c\/b\u003e, not to mention \u003cb\u003etransvestites and deviant sex\u003c\/b\u003e. ...\u003cb\u003eThere's barely a pulp fiction button left unpressed\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e- From \"Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats\".\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT DRUMMER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1971, Scottish author Richard Carlile's novel DRUMMER was first published. A \u003cb\u003edelirious nightmare journey\u003c\/b\u003e melding \u003cb\u003erock-'n'-roll madness\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebloody ultraviolence\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eunnerving psychological horror\u003c\/b\u003e, it was a \u003cb\u003evisceral reaction\u003c\/b\u003e to the recent Manson Family murders, deaths at the Altamont festival, and other \u003cb\u003esavage cultural flashpoints\u003c\/b\u003e at the forefront of society's consciousness. The novel's unique immediacy and impact earned it a \u003cb\u003ededicated cult following\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, \u003cb\u003eDRUMMER returns to print after more than four decades\u003c\/b\u003e, published by Carlile's son and with a \u003cb\u003enew foreword by pop-culture maven Alwyn W. Turner\u003c\/b\u003e, emerging into a \u003cb\u003every different but no less brutal or uncertain world\u003c\/b\u003e. Appearing \u003cb\u003esurprisingly prescient\u003c\/b\u003e to the 2018 eye, DRUMMER reveals a \u003cb\u003etwisted carnival-mirror vision\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003ethe corrupting exploitation of the entertainment industry - transgenderism - mass hysteria - and the tragic descent of a divided society into all-out civic war\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProudly published in the U.S.A. by CARLILE MEDIA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Carlile is a Scottish author, poet and singer-songwriter. From the Foreword by Alwyn Turner: \"Carlile left St. Andrew's University in 1969, where he had studied English literature and philosophy. Disillusioned with literary fiction, and feeling that 'things had turned bad' with the counter-culture, he threw himself into producing a lurid vision of the future that would be deliberately unliterary. Written at speed, and published exactly as written with no editorial input, Drummer was one of the first works to articulate the comedown from the cultural high of the 1960s. Despite its post-Altamont origins, Drummer isn't fixed in time. I first read it in the late 1970s, when punk was at its peak, and it made perfect sense then in the context of the Sex Pistols and of Derek Jarman's film Jubilee. It still does in a world of transglobal corporations and growing economic inequality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265560396025,"sku":"9781949117004","price":13.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/JvYQpbXSjP9781949117004_ab331ebf-f42e-4d3e-a9b5-c376a3c29fb7.webp?v=1768843537","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/drummer-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}