Be Bop A Lula

By Lou Duro

It was a time when The Crowd was a sacred sect meeting in a candy-store temple, and Hanging Out was a full time obligation, with occasional time outs for gang wars and bar fights; drive ins and making out; hot rods and motorcycles. Egg creams and cherry cokes were the nectar of the Gods, and Coney Island hot dogs were tube steaks to teenage gourmets. It was 1957...and coming of age will never be like this again!The names on the draft notices and marriage licenses were beginning to sound familiar. It was the end of an era - the end of their teens. However, they were not about to bow out quietly.Be Bop A Lula follows The Crowd as they crammed as much fun and excitement as possible into those final days, which are categorized into 14 chapters, remembered with the rock 'n' roll songs most closely associated with each adventure. Hilarious confrontations with parents, teachers and friends are recorded in Rock Around The Clock and School Days, while Rip It Up tells of a bloody gang fight with a rival gang. Oh What a Night is a minute-by-minute account of one of the Crowd's madcap parties, and Black Denim Trousers deals with motorcycles, culminating in a disastrous street race. Other chapters, like The Big Break, Let The Good Times Roll and Get a Job, cover bar fights, hanging out in the candy store, going steady, back-seat love making and failed attempts at finding work. Then, Soldier Boy brings down the final curtain, as an era comes to an end . . . but leaving in its wake friendships that would last a lifetime.Reviews:50's, Rock 'n' Roll, hot rods, make-out sessions and, most of all, friendships that never ended. Be Bop A Lula is a tribute to those innocent times when we all still believed in God, country, family and, of course, motorcycles. Lou Duro has the gift of making it all seem like yesterday. This is "Grease" from the heart! I read it! I lived it! Thanks Lou for bringing it all back.PAT COULAZSome years back, when I had been taken on by a literary agent on the strength of my first novel, and was determined to write a bestseller, I decided to pick on a couple of current best sellers, and read them to analyze their prose style and plot construction. The first one I chose was a Tom Clancy. Several hours later I put down the finished book, and realized that I had become so engrossed with the storytelling, the "what happened next", that I had failed entirely to carry out my planned analysis. By the time I had got to chapter 3 or 4 of your novel that is what happened to me. I was completely engrossed. I thought it was great.KEITH EARDLEYAUTHOR/MUSICIANI thoroughly enjoyed Be Bop A Lula, start to finish. You toyed with the readers' emotions equally as well as a Patterson or Peter Robinson, which keeps the interest going. I don't know whether this was your intention, but I was left feeling there should be more of Eddie to come . . . I hope so.MARTIN COATSThis novel is great! I found it to be an easy read, and it just seemed to keep pulling me along.. Kudos for a most enjoyable and nostalgic look back at some people and some times I will never forget.KEN BLOOMFIELD

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520616856
• ISBN13: 9781520616858
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"