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The Last Rock Star Book: Or: Liz Phair, A Rant

by Camden Joy · 1998

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Camden Joy's hero is writing a quickie bio of rock star Liz Phair, but increasingly finds himself recounting his own troubled life. His ex-girlfriend (possibly Brian Jones's illegitimate daughter); Liz Phair (whom he's never met); and a mystery girl in an old photo all start to blur together. Joy's novel is a witty and cogent meditation on celebrity and obsession.

Themes
musicmusicMore like thisLess of thiscelebritycelebrityMore like thisLess of thismusiciansmusiciansMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 212 pages

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