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The Rocktastic Corduroy Peach (Corduroy Peach Trilogy) (Paperback)

by Michael Amos (Author)
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  • Paperback: 300 pages
  • Publisher: Samhain Publishing Ltd (25 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 159998752X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1599987521
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,273,011 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Rocktastic Corduroy Peach-big schemes, big dreams and some really big drama-queens. The first book in the Corduroy Peach trilogy. For Marcus Mason, young at heart guitarist with unsigned rock band Corduroy Peach, life is just one big shit-sandwich. The status of rock 'n' roll legend has thus far eluded him and, with the psychological milestone of his thirtieth birthday fast approaching, the chance of hitting the big time seems ever more remote. Struggling to give up the damned cigarettes and haunted by the specter of an unhappy divorce, he hates his day job as a dog food salesman and wishes he could pluck up the courage to ask out gorgeous but nerdy Oxford student, Rose Finer. When a throwaway comment by local celebrity Radium Mars puts Corduroy Peach briefly into the limelight, Marcus finds himself competing with suave drummer Dermot for Rose's affections, and fighting to remain in the band as insufferable singer Danny-boy tries to maneuver him out. Not willing to let go of his dreams easily, Marcus struggles to work out if this is the beginning of the big-time or the beginning of the end, a question that can only be answered in a final showdown with Radium.Warning, this title contains the following: foul language, strong sex references, mild drug references, cruelty to a cuddly toy, outrageous melodrama and poor personal hygiene.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cracking, 17 April 2008
Mr Amos's first, Homeland, was pretty good, but this - this is the clincher that here comes a novelist with the power to make you lose sleep just to find out what happens. RCP is superficially about music and amateur bands and the horrible way artistes go about their business, but at root, it's about that yawning gap between our dreams and our realities. Anyone who's been stuck in a soul-destroying job and dreamt of great things, without spotting the other great things that life has a habit of slipping in under our noses, will read with a massively satisfying sense of identification. It doesn't entirely tie up at the end, possibly to set a path for the next two in the trilogy, but I hope it doesn't fully tie up at journey's end, because life doesn't. In terms of mechanisms, it flows and ebbs and whirs; the main characters are suitably flawed and complex and the minor ones recognisable but not dog-eared; the plot is nicely turned and the strands interweave well. There is comfort and ease in the writing, and a heartening naturality. I eagerly await the next two.
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