Forgotten Work, Paperback by Guriel, Jason, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Forgotten Work, Paperback by Guriel, Jason, ISBN 1771963824, ISBN-13 9781771963824, Brand New, Free shipping in the US<p><strong>A <em>New York Times</em> New &#38; Noteworthy Book • "Strange and affectionate, like <em>Almost Famous</em> penned by Shakespeare. A love letter to music in all its myriad iterations."—<em>Kirkus Reviews • </em>"This book has no business being as good as it is."—Christian Wiman</strong></p><p>In the year 2063, on the edge of the Crater formerly known as Montréal, a middle-aged man and his ex’s daughter search for a cult hero: the leader of a short-lived band named after a forgotten work of poetry and known to fans through a forgotten work of music criticism. In this exuberantly plotted verse novel, Guriel follows an obsessive cult-following through the twenty-first century. Some things change (there’s metamorphic smart print for music mags; the Web is called the “Zuck”). Some things don’t (poetry readings are still, mostly, terrible). But the characters, including a robot butler who stands with Ishiguro’s Stevens as one of the great literary domestics, are unforgettable.</p><p>Splicing William Gibson with Roberto Bolaño, <em>Pale Fire</em> with Thomas Pynchon, <em>Forgotten Work</em> is a time-tripping work of speculative fiction. It’s a love story about fandom, an ode to music snobs, a satire on the human need to value the possible over the actual—and a verse novel of Nabokovian virtuosity.</p>