Tiffany Murray's top 10 rock'n'roll novels
10 Works 73,625 Books 1,038 Reviews 3.9
"What is a 'rock'n'roll novel'? Rock'n'roll – from Robert Johnson to Jack White – is a coming-of-age sound that allows us to find ourselves, and maybe others. Writing about it is complex, with show more clichés lying in wait at every turn. I love these novels because they attempt to capture threshold, anarchic times where anything might happen; that, to me is rock'n'roll. Remember Marlon Brando in The Wild One? 'What are you rebelling against, Johnny?' 'What have got?' Well, there's a lot of that in these narratives.
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Work | Order Label |
---|---|
Reservation Blues (1995) by Sherman Alexie | 1 |
The Commitments (1987) by Roddy Doyle | 2 |
High Fidelity (1995) by Nick Hornby | 3 |
Great Jones Street (1972) by Don DeLillo | 4 |
Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontë | 5 |
Absolute Beginners (1959) by Colin MacInnes | 6 |
Popular Music from Vittula (2000) by Mikael Niemi | 7 |
Owen Noone & Marauder (2005) by Douglas Cowie | 8 |
The Ossians (2008) by Doug Johnstone | 9 |
Groupie (1970) by Jenny Fabian | 10 |
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