Not Fade Away, Or, Quality Woodwork: An American Myth

by William Keisling

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882611136
• ISBN13: 9781882611133
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Yardbird Books
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.5" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Booklist reviews as follows:

Keisling (The Meltdown) lets his mordant wit run rampant through this voluminous, entertaining novel, set in the Cold War-preoccupied 1970s. This is the story of a 17-year-old high school drop-out and wannabe rock star who believes he's the reincarnation of Buddy Holly -- hence the book's title, taken from Holly's hit song. That story, however, is woven together with two others -- one concerning the development of Prometheus, a super computer capable of world destruction, and the other about a megalomaniacal but unimportant career army officer who misunderstands an order given long ago by a paranoid president. All of this is wonderfully written--there are some memorable characters and lots of satire, whimsy, and irony....At moments the book is reminiscent of John Barth's early work. --Jo Manning, Univ. of Miami

modern milestone of fiction

This book has it all--rock and roll, crazy generals trying to blow up the world with nuclear weapons, action, suspense, you name it. A real page-turner, the plot is more fun than a barrel full of monkeys.