Christopher Ward (4) (1949–)

This book was very different from something I would normally read but I quite liked it! It's about the music industry in Hollywood and therefore there is more adult language and adult situations than I normally prefer but they didn't seem out of place in this context.

It's definitely a tongue-in-cheek look at the music industry with plenty of fun. It's based on the idea that a rock star's music often makes more money after he's dead than when he's alive so Roc Molotov kills himself off to show more make more money after his CD sales start to fall. An original plot line which is sometimes hard to find. The characters are quirky and many are caricatures but the main family of characters are well-drawn and I could relate to them. Besides the scenes showing the wild side of the music industry and the cut-throat side, there were sweet human moments that left me with a good feeling about the author and the book

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Ward has written a sweet novel here. The plot deals with Roc Molotov - an aging rock star. Not only is Roc's fame on the downslide but his band, his girlfriend and his ability to write music seem to be sliding out his grasp. So his best friend and manager Uncle Strange seems to come up with a perfect scheme to bring Roc's popularity back. Fake his death on MTV. But there seems to be a bit of a bitter truth to this novel about the music scene. Ward - Canada's original VJ and writer of the hit show more "Black Velvet" - has maybe documented a bitter truth to the popular music scene.

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