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Sway

Sway

Lazar, Zachary

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ISBN10: 0316113115
ISBN13: 9780316113113
Publisher: Little, Brown Paperbacks
Published: Feb 10 2009
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Awards: Discover Great New Writers
Three dramatic and emblematic stories intertwine in Zachary Lazar's extraordinary novel, Sway -- the early days of the Rolling Stones, including the romantic triangle of Brian Jones, Anita Pallenberg, and Keith Richards; the life of avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger; and the community of Charles Manson and his followers. Lazar illuminates an hour in American history when rapture found its roots in idolatrous figures and led to unprovoked and inexplicable violence.

Connecting all the stories in this novel is Bobby Beausoleil, a beautiful California boy who appeared in an Anger film and eventually joined the Manson family. With great artistry, Lazar weaves scenes from these real lives together into a true but heightened reality, making superstars human, giving demons reality, and restoring mythic events to the scale of daily life.

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