I Am Still The Greatest Says Johnny Angelo by Nik Cohn
Nik Cohn's hymn to rock as myth, in all its crazed, absurd and glorious excess, I'm Still the Greatest Says Johnny Angelo was once the inspiration for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. Partly based on the legendary rocker PJ Proby, Johnny Angelo is the pop star to end all pop stars - narcissistic, mock-heroic and massively destructive. The novel follows his progress from warped infancy to final messianic explosion. Cohn writes in such a rich, strange prose style that its responses linger long after the book's initial impact' - Robert Holland'
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 P J Proby -- Marc Issue * Blitz *
Cohn writes in such a rich, strange prose style that its responses linger long after the book's initial impactHis opulent, staccato sentences add weight to the edginess and near hysteria of Johnny Angelo, the novel's central character. And in Angelo, Rock singer and shaman, we have a genuine archetype -- Robert Holland
not exactly a crime novel, although it certainly deals with the extremes of human behaviour....the story explodes with flashy youthful energy -- Jeff Noon * The Spectator *
Cohn writes in such a rich, strange prose style that its responses linger long after the book's initial impactHis opulent, staccato sentences add weight to the edginess and near hysteria of Johnny Angelo, the novel's central character. And in Angelo, Rock singer and shaman, we have a genuine archetype -- Robert Holland
not exactly a crime novel, although it certainly deals with the extremes of human behaviour....the story explodes with flashy youthful energy -- Jeff Noon * The Spectator *
Nik Cohn was 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 a short story that was filmed as Saturday Night Fever. His other books include Rock Dreams (with Guy Peellaert), Arfur Teenage Pinball Queen (which helped inspire the Who's Tommy) and Yes We Have No.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842430934 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842430939 |
| Title | I Am Still The Greatest Says Johnny Angelo |
| Author | Nik Cohn |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 2003-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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