ISBN: 9780399141690 - seduced: the life and times of a one-hit wonder (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. [A] smart, funny, and wonderfully resonant novel . . . It's the 1980s, and aspiring songwriter Derek Harper is a man easily seduced. Not only do the Big Three *money, fame, and women *keep him running, but Harper falls prey to subtler forms of seduction as well: the ease of rationalizing bad behavior, abdicating responsibility, and keeping the whole world at arm's length. All these issues are brilliantly interwoven with a behind-the-scenes look at the music industry, particularly the evolution of rap. *Los Angeles Times Book Review Seduced is at its most compelling when author Nelson George delves into the differences between life in the projects and the middle-class heaven of St. Albans and how it evolved over thirty years. . . . George's style is, well, seductive, luring the reader into a world that takes in the range of black experience funneled through the music industry. *St. Petersburg Times Seduced shows Nelson George at the top of his game doing what he does best: zinging the black music biz. The road chapters alone have enough shrill wit, stabbing satire, and tight accuracy to parallel the life of anyone who's ever been out there during the Reagan-stressed '80s. *Houston Chronicle In Seduced, Nelson keeps it real. This is a sex story, a New York story, and a music biz story rolled into one, starring a humble, beautifully average middle-class dreamer, who's not unlike a male version of a Terry McMillan heroine. *Toure.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. fmc2%262D.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 333 pp. Fiction. The author's second novel, ,a funny and passionate portrait of a young man'scoming of age in the fast lane of the music industry. Derek Harper is an r&b junkie whose desire since childhood has been to be a succesful songwriter in the tradition of his idol, Curtis Mayfield. His ambitions lead him away from the Black middle-class Queens, New York cocoon of an enigmatic father and devout mother to a tiny Times Square apartment in Manhattan.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped ($23.95 price intact). Published by Putnam, 1996. Octavo. Burgundy cloth over taupe boards stamped in bronze. Signed by author on title page (flat signed). Book is like new with no writing. Sharp corners and spine straight. Dust jacket is like new with minor shelf wear. Autographed copy sticker on dust jacket. 333 pages. ISBN: 0399141693. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance review copy with publisher's material laid in.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In Seduced, Nelson George, a leading critic of blackpopular culture and the acclaimed author of The Death of Rhythm andBlues, follows up his successful first novel, Urban Romance, with afunny and passionate portrait of a young man's coming of age in the fast lane ofthe music industry. The New York Times Book Review called Nelson George 'an excellentchronicler of the.music culture,' and The Boston Globe said he writes with'a vitality and an emotional honest' in Urban Romance. WithSeduced, George brings us a novel even more authentic and richlyobservant. Derek Harper is an r&b junkie whose desire since childhood has been to bea successful songwriter in the tradition of his idol, Curtis Mayfield. Indeed,music frees Derek from the protective cocoon that his enigmatic father, anundertaker, and his devout mother created for him in their black middle-classQueens neighborhood. Derek's ambitions take him away from the comfortable predictability of hislife to a tiny Times Square apartment in Manhattan. There he encounters the gutsof the music industry in the 1980s: frustrated gospel signers, nefarious recordproducers, captivating vocal divas, the cultural strip-mining of jingle writing,rebellious rap groups, and record company executives in Atlanta, L.A., and NewYork. The seduction of women, music, and flash take Derek around the country,with only his parents to act as his conscience: his mother admonishes against hisirresponsible lifestyle. Yet it is his father's attitude that is more troubling toDerek. In the wake of their neighborhood's steady deterioration, his bitterpragmatism shocks Derek into maturity. His odyssey comes full circle, whenDerek gets what he thought he wanted from life--and maybe even more. Using his own lyrics, songs of the times, and colorful anecdotes, Georgeshow us how the threads of love--both romantic and familial--weave into thework of an artist and into building a young black man's life.…