SOUND ON SOUND CL

This inventive novel explores the myths and,mystiques surrounding rock and roll, popular,culture, and the very idea of modern society. As,the Reagan era dawns, HI-FI, a third-rate New York,bar band plays another in a series of low paying,gigs. A stark account of the gig gives way to a,stupefying catalogue of trivia about the band, to,a ""solo"" by a glibly omniscient ""author"" filled,with contempt for his characters, to the,testimony of nine witnesses who call into question,the events of the gig. Highly parodic R&R novel.