- Paperback: 241 pages
- Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) (14 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 030745181X
- ISBN-13: 978-0307451811
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 1.4 x 20.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,702,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In July 1973, Led Zeppelin played three sold-out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Before the final performance, $203,000 of the band’s money went missing from a safe deposit box at the Drake Hotel in what was called the single highest deposit box theft in the city’s history. The money was never recovered. Black Dogs might be the story behind the greatest rock ’n’ roll heist of all time.
the last thing nineteen-year-old Patrick Sullivan needed was a new scam. Just months earlier, he had left a trail of broken friendships and new enemies in Baltimore for a fresh start in New York City after a botched robbery attempt landed one of his best friends in jail. But when he spies a briefcase full of cash backstage at a Led Zeppelin concert, Patrick makes plans for one last crazy mission–one that he hopes will redeem him in the eyes of everyone he left behind.
To pull it off, Patrick will have to return to his hometown to round up his crew: Alex, the one who did time for Patrick’s last crime; Frenchy, the neurotic musician who still lives with Mom; and dim-witted but endearing Keith, the greasy-haired loner who excels at installing car stereos and then uninstalling them, all in the same day.
When the unlikely team’s plan goes horribly wrong, the boys find themselves mixed up with Backwoods Billy, the psychotic leader of the Holy Ghosts Christian motorcycle gang. They need some help, and they find it in some unlikely places: by crossing paths and making deals with a pill-popping DA, a safe-cracking funk band called the New York Giants, and the Maryland chapter of the Misty Mountain Hoppers Led Zeppelin Fan Club. Sporting a rare 1958 Les Paul guitar and a complicated plan that could either go wonderfully right or horribly wrong, the guys, fueled by beer and egos, make a desperate attempt at robbing the world’s coolest rock band–to hilarious result.
Black Dogs brings to life one of the infamously unsolved rock ’n’ roll mysteries and introduces us to a lovable bunch of knuckleheads who may have just pulled off the greatest heist in rock ’n’ roll history.
the last thing nineteen-year-old Patrick Sullivan needed was a new scam. Just months earlier, he had left a trail of broken friendships and new enemies in Baltimore for a fresh start in New York City after a botched robbery attempt landed one of his best friends in jail. But when he spies a briefcase full of cash backstage at a Led Zeppelin concert, Patrick makes plans for one last crazy mission–one that he hopes will redeem him in the eyes of everyone he left behind.
To pull it off, Patrick will have to return to his hometown to round up his crew: Alex, the one who did time for Patrick’s last crime; Frenchy, the neurotic musician who still lives with Mom; and dim-witted but endearing Keith, the greasy-haired loner who excels at installing car stereos and then uninstalling them, all in the same day.
When the unlikely team’s plan goes horribly wrong, the boys find themselves mixed up with Backwoods Billy, the psychotic leader of the Holy Ghosts Christian motorcycle gang. They need some help, and they find it in some unlikely places: by crossing paths and making deals with a pill-popping DA, a safe-cracking funk band called the New York Giants, and the Maryland chapter of the Misty Mountain Hoppers Led Zeppelin Fan Club. Sporting a rare 1958 Les Paul guitar and a complicated plan that could either go wonderfully right or horribly wrong, the guys, fueled by beer and egos, make a desperate attempt at robbing the world’s coolest rock band–to hilarious result.
Black Dogs brings to life one of the infamously unsolved rock ’n’ roll mysteries and introduces us to a lovable bunch of knuckleheads who may have just pulled off the greatest heist in rock ’n’ roll history.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Hilarious and clever! That 70's Show meets Ocean's 11
24 April 2009
Format:Paperback
As a Zeppelin fan, I bought this on a whim and loved it. The characters remind me of every rock burnout I knew and are very cartoon-ish and fun. The plot twists bring even more wild characters into the fold, including Boogie, a safe-cracker with a funk band called the New York Giants, and Backwoods Billy, a born-again biker who leads the Holy Ghosts Christian motorcycle gang. If you like the twists and turns of heist movies like Ocean's 11, Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, then you'll dig this!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Unexpected
28 Aug 2009
Format:Paperback
I picked this book up and wasn't sure I would even like it, but the idea behind it really intrigued me.
I have to say, this author is so creative... not just the writing, but the very idea to take a little tidbit about Led Zeppelin being robbed and turning it into great book.
I couldn't put it down and finished it in two days. It's not even a book I would normally pick up, but I'm so glad I did.
I have to say, this author is so creative... not just the writing, but the very idea to take a little tidbit about Led Zeppelin being robbed and turning it into great book.
I couldn't put it down and finished it in two days. It's not even a book I would normally pick up, but I'm so glad I did.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great read
28 July 2009
Format:Paperback
It was actually the cover that caught my eye. I know, don't judge a book by its cover, but in this case it worked out great.
I had never heard of the robbery, and being a Zeppelin fan, I had to read this. I completed it on a flight, layover, flight. Total time was about 5-6 hours. I literally couldn't put the book down. I was reading it on the jetway.
This book has to be made into a movie - for the soundtrack alone. The songs referenced in the book are classics.
Great for Black Sabbath fans too.
I had never heard of the robbery, and being a Zeppelin fan, I had to read this. I completed it on a flight, layover, flight. Total time was about 5-6 hours. I literally couldn't put the book down. I was reading it on the jetway.
This book has to be made into a movie - for the soundtrack alone. The songs referenced in the book are classics.
Great for Black Sabbath fans too.
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