nik cohn - oldcastle books

Pub. Date: 23 February 2017

Price: £12.99

ISBN: 978-1-84344-897-6

Binding: Paperback

Format: Royal (234 x 153mm)

Extent: 352

Weight: 270g

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KING DEATH/ I AMSTILL THE

GREATEST SAYSJOHNNY ANGELO

noeXit2 Ace Double

NIK COHNMARKETING & SALES POINTSNik Cohn is a respected rock journalist, often deemed 'the father of rock criticism'

From the writer of the short story Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night, on which theblockbuster movie and cult classic Saturday Night Fever was adapted

Part of the noeXit2 'Ace Double' series of two books in one, with striking new covers andsprayed edges

It is thought that I Am Still The Greatest Says Johnny Angelo, was based on P.J. Proby, andinfluenced David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' character

THE BOOKI Am Still The Greatest Says Johnny Angelo - Despite presistent rumours of his death fifteen years ago, JohnnyAngelo's legend continues. Johnny Angelo is a rock singer, and this is his story from the beginning. As a child he is adreamer and a solitary, a thief, a killer of birds and cats. As a man he is a god to his fans, an emperor to his cronies, ahoodlum to his enemies. Girls lie at his feet. He becomes rich. He commits murder. At the end, police shoot him downin the street.In a cool and highly original style Nik Cohn has written a bizarre fable for our time, capturing its sickness and horror yetstaying true to its grandeur and allure.

King Death - Eddie is a strange man with an extraordinary talent that makes him the 'performer' he is. Eddieadministers Death. His subjects, he explains, are not afraid, but are thrilled and transported. To Eddie, Death iscompletion, and he finds fulfilment, satisfaction, and pride in each job he carries out.When Seaton Carew, America's most successful TV entrepreneur, chances to witness Eddie in action, Eddie's careeris altered. Overcoming many obstacles, he and Seaton literally ride to glory on the Deliverance Special, a train carryingKing Death and his huge entourage all over America. But then a disturbing change comes over Eddie and threatens totopple him from his grisly throne...King Death is part nightmare, part modern fairytale and wholly original.

PRAISE FOR NIK COHN

'[King Death is] an elegant fiction that has the queer conviction of a walking dream and the crazed unreality of pop

culture itself' - Rolling Stone

'Angelo is the rock writer's wet dream, a mythical, heroic saga which blends pre-Army Elvis with Iggy Pop, Little

Richard, Vince Taylor, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and PJ Proby' - Marc Issue, BLITZ

'Johnny Angelo is the best rock n' roll novel ever written' - Melody Maker

'(King Death) A novel abounding in magic and fantasy, original in concept and fast-paced in execution' - Chicago Sun-

Times

NIK COHN

Nik Cohn is the original rock & roll writer. Arriving in London from Northern Ireland in 1964, aged 18, he covered the

Swinging Sixties for The Observer, The Sunday Times, Playboy, Queen and the New York Times and he published the

classic rock history Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom in 1968. Later he moved to America and wrote Tribal Rites of theSaturday Night that inspired Saturday Night Fever. His other books include Rock Dreams (with Guy Peellaert), ArfurTeenage Pinball Queen (which helped inspire the Who's Tommy) and Yes We Have No.

OTHER TITLES BY NIK COHN

The Noise From the Streets

currently ebook only available

I Am Still The Greatest Says Johnny Angelo

currently ebook only available

King Death

currently ebook only available

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