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Summary:

"Soho, London, 1967. Folk-rock-psychedelic quartet Utopia Avenue is formed. Guitarist Jasper de Zoet, a shy, half-Dutch public-school musical prodigy, was hearing voices long before he dropped acid. Keyboardist Elf Holloway must defy the prejudices of her bank manager father, her housewife mother, and her age to forge her own career. Bassist Dean Moss cannot, will not, spend his life on the factory floor like everyone else in Gravesend. Band manager Levon Frankland--gay, Jewish, and Canadian--is not unduly burdened by conscience. The drummer is a drummer. Over two years and two albums, Utopia Avenue navigates the dark end of the Sixties: its parties, drugs and egos, political change and personal tragedy; and the trials of life as a working band in London, the provinces, European capitals and, finally, the promised land of America. What is art? What is fame? What is music? How can the whole be more than the sum of its parts? Can idealism change the world? How does your youth shape your life? This is the story of Utopia Avenue. Not everyone lives to the end"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, David (David Stephen) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Utopia Avenue: a novel [by Mitchell, D.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Utopia Avenue [by Mitchell, D.] (First edition; New York : Random House, [2020] — ISBN 9780812997439; LCCN 2020002646)

Subjects:

Musicians — Fiction

Bands (Music) — Fiction

General Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 16, 2020).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

PR6063.I785 U86 2020eb

ISBNs:

9780812997446 (electronic book)
0812997441 (electronic book)
9780812997439 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2020002647

OCLC Numbers:

1139026384

Other Control Numbers:

2259463 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp301347489