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Dying is the best way to revive your musical career … even if you’re not really dead.
It’s all slipping away from Roc Molotov – his band, his girlfriend, and worst of all, his ability to play the game demanded by the star-making machinery of the music business. When the best record he’s ever made is about to pass unnoticed, his oldest friend and manager, Uncle Strange, concocts the perfect scheme. Roc will fake his death, on MTV, in front of millions of viewers, assuring massive success on his latest project and the ability to create a body of "posthumous" songs to feed the grieving fans and satisfy his still-active artistic imagination. The plan works to perfection, but the ever-restless Roc finds that being dead has its limitations in this novel that’s sex, death, and rock n’ roll, played in a satirical key.
Christopher Ward is a warm, intelligent funny chap, so it's no surprise his book has those same attributes. A declining rock star who fakes his own death, a lecherous zen practicing manager, a phone sex operator working from her car, a beautiful no talent French singer and other memorable characters orbit in a world Christopher knows well, the music industry. His insider knowledge of that sometimes insane world couple with observations of LA celebrity and non-celebrity types make this a must read. I'm buying it and I got a free copy!
Christopher Ward’s Dead Brilliant is a full tilt boogie…an insider’s take on that enduring institution known as rock and roll. Turn your sound system to the max and settle in for a wild and woolly ride.