How Soon Is Never?: A Novel by Marc Spitz

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Author:	Marc Spitz	Format:	Softcover
Publisher:	Three Rivers Pr	Edition:	1
ISBN-10:	0609810405	ISBN-13:	9780609810408
Category:	Divorce & Separation	Publication Year:	2003
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A novel that contains more clues to the bond between rock bands and their fans than any factual biography, Marc Spitz's HOW SOON IS NEVER begins as the story of a Long Island adolescence, and of how the 1980s English group the Smiths transformed the life of Joe Green, the book's protagonist. However, all good bands come to an end--the Smiths break up, and things will never be quite the same for Joe again. Years later, now in his thirties and a moderately successful if disillusioned rock journalist, Green starts a relationship with a woman who shares his affection for the band. They concoct a scheme to recapture the excitement of their youth by reuniting the Smiths, in the process meeting all the band's members save its reclusive singer, Morrissey. Green's journey through adolescent trauma and mid-life crisis will be instantly recognizable to anyone who ever felt the thrill of identification with a favorite band or singer, while his ultimately futile attempts to recapture the excitement of his youth and the prickly realism of his encounters with his one-time idols place the story well outside the realms of nostalgia.
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Length:	350 pages
Height:	8.0 in.
Width:	5.3 in.
Thickness:	1.0 in.
Weight:	7.7 oz.

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There is a light and it never goes out . . . or is there? Welcome to the big Reagan ’80s, where ketchup is a vegetable and the Cold War looms large and chilly. If like Joe Green you were coming of age during this boom era, your main concerns include one or more of the following: a rainbow assortment of Polo shirts worn with the collar flipped up, K-Swiss tennis shoes, a new cable channel called MTV, and Top 40 radio. Stuck in the suburban haze of Long Island, New York, Joe Green knows there has got to be more to life. However, salvation is on the way, in the form of a quiffed-up quartet from Manchester, England, who take over the airways of a local radio station. Hearing the Smiths for the first time jerks Joe awake: Morrissey’s wry and witty lyrics speak to him, and Johnny Marr’s driven guitar chords get under his skin. He destroys his Phil Collins cassettes, pomades his hair into New Wave submission, studies up on his Oscar Wilde, and falls in love. He even shows up for dinner on time. That is, until his favorite band breaks up and then breaks his heart. Fast-forward some fifteen years. Joe Green is making a living as a rock journalist, still recovering from a wicked post-college smack addiction and slumming with youngsters who ironically “appreciate” the seminal ’80s music that once gave his life meaning. It’s too late to go home, or is it? What if Joe Green can get the Smiths back together? What if reuniting the long-broken-up band can reverse the passage of time and bring back the magic of youth? What if it helps him win the heart of the woman he loves? How Soon Is Never? is an acerbic, ingenious look at Reagan-era adolescence, the power of hearing a record that changes your life, and the dangers of nostalgia. Be prepared to see a bit of yourself in Joe Green.

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How Soon Is Never?: A Novel

Marc Spitz

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Binding:	Paperback
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ISBN:	0609810405
Publication Date:	2003-09-23
Publisher:	Three Rivers Press

Pages:	400
Height:	0.8500 inches
Width:	5.2100 inches
Weight:	0.6800 pounds

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