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Frances Johnson
Verse Chorus Press 2010; US$ 12.99From the get-go, it's clear that something strange is afoot in Munson, the fictional Florida hamlet where Stacey Levine's new novel, Frances Johnson, takes place. A volcano seethes on the outskirts of town, strange animals skitter in the shadows, and a dense brown fog has settled overhead. Pets and people vanish. Unfurling over a period of days leading... more...
Kill All Your Darlings
Verse Chorus Press 2007; US$ 12.99In his books and in a string of wide-ranging and inventive essays, Luc Sante has shown himself to be not only one of our pre-eminent stylists, but also a critic of uncommon power and range. He is ?one of the handful of living masters of the American language, as well as a singular historian and philosopher of American experience,? says the New Yorker?s... more...
Dra-
Verse Chorus Press 2011; US$ 12.99A new edition of a classic of contemporary American literature, first published in 1997 by Sun & Moon Press but unavailable in recent years. ?Dra-, the nondescript heroine of this grim, hilarious fiction, might have fallen through the same hole as Lewis Carroll's Alice, only now, 130 years later, there's no time for frivolity, just the pressing need... more...
boneyard
Verse Chorus Press 2011; US$ 13.99In this unusual ?collaborative novel,? Jake Yoder, a precocious boy caught between Amish culture and the modern world, sits in his middle-school classroom writing stories at the behest of a stern but charismatic teacher. Jake's stories feature children who are crushed, imprisoned, and distorted, and yet somehow flailing around with a kind of bedazzled... more...
The Last Rock Star Book
Verse Chorus Press 2011; US$ 14.95Camden Joy?s hero can?t wrap up the quickie biography of rock star Liz Phair he?s been commissioned to write. Instead, the shaky author finds himself recounting the troubled events of his own life. His ex-girlfriend (who just might be the illegitimate daughter of dead Rolling Stone Brian Jones), Liz Phair (whom he?s never met), and a mystery girl... more...
Highway to Hell
Verse Chorus Press 2011; US$ 22.95The definitive account of AC/DC's rise to fame, when the ribald lyrics and charismatic stage presence of singer Bon Scott, along with the guitar work of Angus and Malcolm Young, defined a new, highly influential brand of rock and roll. Drawing on many interviews and featuring a gallery of rare photos, Clinton Walker traces the band's career through... more...
Coorparoo Blues and the Irish Fandango
Verse Chorus Press 2012; US$ 13.95Brisbane, 1943. A provincial Australian city has turned almost overnight into the main Allied staging post for the war in the Pacific. The social, sexual, and racial tensions stirred up by the arrival of tens of thousands of US troops provoke all kinds of mayhem, and Brisbane’s once quiet streets are suddenly looking pretty mean. Enter P.I.... more...
Get Rich Quick
Verse Chorus Press 2012; US$ 13.95Meet Billy Glasheen, a fresh voice in crime fiction. It’s Sydney, the 1950s, and Billy’s trying to make a living, any way he can. Luckily, he’s a likeable guy, with a gift for masterminding elaborate scenarioswhether it’s a gambling scam, transporting a fortune in stolen jewels, or keeping the wheels greased during a... more...
The Go-Betweens
Verse Chorus Press 2011; US$ 19.95When Robert Forster and Grant McLennan formed the Go-Betweens in Brisbane in 1977, they were determined to be different. They were angular, spare, and poetic when crashing directness was the prevailing style. Their heroes were Dylan, Creedence, and Television, when it was more fashionable to cite the Stooges and the New York Dolls. Their attitude... more...
Never Say Goodbye
Verse Chorus Press 2012; US$ 14.95A powerful coming-of-age story as well as an in-depth examination of a long period of transgression, Never Say Goodbye is simultaneously a memoir and an unflinching confession. Beginning with his earliest memories of childhood theft and cheating, the author traces his path through juvenile delinquency and adolescent drug addiction to the solace he... more...









