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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Mark Hodkinson's favorite rock music in fiction
Mark Hodkinson, author of The Last Mad Surge of Youth, a forthcoming book about the music industry, named a critic's chart of rock music in fiction for the (London) Times.
One title on the list:
The Harder They Come by Michael Thelwell
Local (Jamaican) boy from woodsmoke-logged village makes good.