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`Brilliant... at once pathetic, tragic and wonderfully entertaining' --Eric Brown, Guardian
`A rare read, which is both disturbing and hilarious. Definitely worth having on your bookshelf' --Morning Star
'This deserves attention for its sheer originality and author Williams's complete disregard for a conventional plot' --Sunday Business Post
'The rock `n' roll jokes come faster than Zep riffs' --Irish Times
`Full of entertaining nonsense... Williams weaves a tight plot, his pacing and ear for dialogue pitch perfect' --Big Issue
`Quite simply hilarious... Bottom line, Stairway to Hell is a barrel of fun.'
--Black Static
`A rare read, which is both disturbing and hilarious. Definitely worth having on your bookshelf' --Morning Star
'This deserves attention for its sheer originality and author Williams's complete disregard for a conventional plot' --Sunday Business Post
'The rock `n' roll jokes come faster than Zep riffs' --Irish Times
`Full of entertaining nonsense... Williams weaves a tight plot, his pacing and ear for dialogue pitch perfect' --Big Issue
`Quite simply hilarious... Bottom line, Stairway to Hell is a barrel of fun.'
--Black Static
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Something very strange has been happening in Warchester, and local pub singer Rik Suntan is about to have his doors of perception blown wide open. It seems that during the 1970s, Jimmy Page's experiments with the occult wandered into the art of soulshifting - namely, swapping the souls of celebrity rivals with those of newly born babies in the Warchester maternity ward. Obviously this news is a tad hard to swallow, and Rik's got other problems on his plate - his regular slot doing Cliff Richard covers at the local nightclub is axed, and his girlfriend's dumped him for a ginger bloke. But not nearly as jaw-dropping as finding out he's the reincarnation of David Bowie...
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"Stairway To Tell" is utterly bonkers and utterly brilliant. It's not a crime novel but shows Williams, post the first three Mangel novels, exploring the weirder outreaches of 70's glam rock (Bowie storing his own urine in a jar etc) via a character who could only appear in a Williams novel. It's very funny and seriously weird. Certainly the best rock related novel of 2010 - it might especially appeal to anyone who enjoyed John Niven's "Kill Your Friends" or Luke Haines' Britpop memoir.
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Rik Suntan, another of Mr. William's self-deluding Northern small-town berks in the tradition of Royston Blake, plays Cliff Richard covers in the local whilst grooming himself for fame. This all goes off the rails whe he's informed that his body is merely a vessel for the soul of David Bowie, placed there by Jimmy Page in his Alisteir Crowley phase.
The novel will be a bit of a headscratcher for fans of Mr. Williams' previous work.
it's still filled with his trademark pitch-black humour and rollercoaster plotting, but mixing in fantasy elements (which bear a clear debt to Robert Rankin) never really works, and it comes across as something written by an author less developed in his craft than the previous novels.
I'm going to make an unsubstantiated guess: I reckon that this book is something Charlie had more-or-less written before he wrote and published 'Deadfolk' and is being published now cause of the success of that trilogy.
Whether that's the case or not, 'Stairway To Hell' is an OK read if you're a fan, but never gets anywhere near his other stuff.
The novel will be a bit of a headscratcher for fans of Mr. Williams' previous work.
it's still filled with his trademark pitch-black humour and rollercoaster plotting, but mixing in fantasy elements (which bear a clear debt to Robert Rankin) never really works, and it comes across as something written by an author less developed in his craft than the previous novels.
I'm going to make an unsubstantiated guess: I reckon that this book is something Charlie had more-or-less written before he wrote and published 'Deadfolk' and is being published now cause of the success of that trilogy.
Whether that's the case or not, 'Stairway To Hell' is an OK read if you're a fan, but never gets anywhere near his other stuff.
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High pitch insanity, don't miss it!!
24 Nov 2010
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If this book were a film, it would come across like a collaboration between David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino, with a little assist from rock expert Mick Wall. The premise of the story is so absurd that you will blink in confusion, but stick with it and Mr. Richard Sutton, aka "Pub Idol" Rik Suntan, will take you on such a rollercoaster ride of mistaken identities and narcissistic hyperbole that you won't stop snorting beer out your nose till the final page. Oh, and the ending? Let's just say it won't clear anything up at all. But that's the fun of this foray into literal rock and roll suicide. When you put it down, you won't know whether to scratch your head or rush out and share it with everyone you know!
from the Me And My Big Mouth blog
26 Jun 2010
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As premises go, Stairway to Hell has a corker.
It seems that during the 70s, Jimmy Page was dabbling in a bit of that old black magic and may or may not have carried out some soulshifting - the art of swapping souls. To do this he just needed a sample of someone's pee. Once obtained - and he had access to the pee of some really famous people - he just had to do a bit of mumbo jumbo and, bingo!, David Bowie's spirit is transferred into the body of an unsuspecting baby.
A baby who grows up to be a dodgy pub singer with an over-inflated ego.
Whereas Bowie suddenly stops recording groundbreaking experimental rock albums and reinvents himself as a soul-funk pop star.
Blimey.
The book follows the escapades of that pub singer, Rik Suntan, as he learns of the bizarre voodoo that has been carried out upon his person and discovers quite how many people in the sleepy town of Warchester are walking around with the souls of rock legends inside them.
Stairway to Hell is, obviously, quite silly. But splendidly so. It is foul-mouthed and hilarious.
It seems that during the 70s, Jimmy Page was dabbling in a bit of that old black magic and may or may not have carried out some soulshifting - the art of swapping souls. To do this he just needed a sample of someone's pee. Once obtained - and he had access to the pee of some really famous people - he just had to do a bit of mumbo jumbo and, bingo!, David Bowie's spirit is transferred into the body of an unsuspecting baby.
A baby who grows up to be a dodgy pub singer with an over-inflated ego.
Whereas Bowie suddenly stops recording groundbreaking experimental rock albums and reinvents himself as a soul-funk pop star.
Blimey.
The book follows the escapades of that pub singer, Rik Suntan, as he learns of the bizarre voodoo that has been carried out upon his person and discovers quite how many people in the sleepy town of Warchester are walking around with the souls of rock legends inside them.
Stairway to Hell is, obviously, quite silly. But splendidly so. It is foul-mouthed and hilarious.
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