The Exes

by Pagan Kennedy

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The ultimate example of an immature author and self-styled hipster's glorified fantasy autobiography. Lots of lame attempts at pop music literacy, Boston culture, and the musician/artist's life. A nauseating read for anyone but scene-lit poseurs. (

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This was an enjoyable read that reminded me of what it was like to be in one's twenties. (

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This charming novel charts the last days of rock as seen through the eyes of the four members of the Exes, a painfully hip Boston-area indie alterna-pop band. Each of the four chapters takes on the tale of the band's conception and fruition from the perspective of a different member, producing an omniscient Rashomon-like narrative that weaves pop reference and nerdy rock-geek sensibility into a combination Harlequin Romance/Celebrity Tell-All. Author Pagan Kennedy is best known for her zine Pagan's Head and her handbook of all things '70s, Platforms. She puts that subcultural know-how to work in this fast-moving story about rockers who love their own images more than the notes and tempos of the music they play. --James DiGiovanna

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