LoveSexTravelMusik: Stories for the EasyJet Generation Paperback – 22 Apr 2013

Review

'The dozen or so destinations that make up this brilliant collection of stories are places of myth; myths imposed as much from the inside as from the relentless spew of tourists and migrants that pass through its veins from the outside. Rodge Glass manages to get right under the skin of these familiar yet constantly shifting landscapes and effectively bring them to life, but it is his ability to get under the skin of the myths themselves and then make them resonate in a fresh and original way that will elevate LOVESEXTRAVELMUSIK to an influential and significant piece of literary fiction. If Raymond Carver and Kafka were put in a room together and asked to rewrite a Lonely Planet Guide for 2013, then I guess it would look something like this.' --Helen Walsh author of Brass, Go to Sleep and Once Upon a Time in England

'Never before has the impact of low cost international travel on modern lives been so thoughtfully considered and brilliantly captured... beautiful, profound, sometimes heartbreaking, this literary triumph shows the levelling impact of low cost air travel... Laugh, be moved and consider the question: are you part of the easyJet generation?' --Traveller Magazine

'Rodge Glass eagerly awaited new book LoveSexTravelMusik is potentially one of the most perceptive pieces of modern writing to date. With bright, bold prose, Glass breathes new life into the exotic cities that have been reduced to a few empty paragraphs in travel guides.' --Karyn Dougan, The List

'Reader, prepare to hit the gate running, strap yourself in and await the bumps, the vertiginous take-off, aerial limbo, high suspense, plus in-flight, trolley-borne heavy snacks with their flavours of loneliness, dissatisfaction insecurity, anxious laughter, thoughtless selfishness, some laced with flashes of distraction, fantasy, and hope.' --Tom Adair, The Scotsman

'With LoveSexTravelMusik, Rodge Glass has produced a compelling set of tales for our time, tales of displacement and misplacement in a contemporary world where distances between countries have never been so short, gaps between individuals so wide and the cracks within the self so great.' --Shortlyspeaking.wordpress.com --Traveller Magazine

'Never before has the impact of low cost international travel on modern lives been so thoughtfully considered and brilliantly captured... beautiful, profound, sometimes heartbreaking, this literary triumph shows the levelling impact of low cost air travel... Laugh, be moved and consider the question: are you part of the easyJet generation?' --Traveller Magazine

About the Author

Rodge Glass was born in Manchester and educated at the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, where he received both an MLitt and PhD. He has published three novels, No Fireworks (Faber), Hope for Newborns (Faber) and Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs (Tindal Street), a literary biography Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography (Bloomsbury), which won a Somerset Maugham Award, a graphic novel, Dougie's War (Freight) and has edited two collections of stories, The Year of Open Doors (Cargo) and Second Lives (Cargo). Having spent fifteen years in Glasgow, he is now Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at Edge Hill University, Lancashire, and lives in Manchester. He regularly appears at literary festivals and events throughout the UK, as well as on TV and radio.