Three dramatic and emblematic stories intertwine in Zachary Lazars extraordinary new novel, SWAYthe early days of the Rolling Stones, including the romantic triangle of Brian Jones, Anita Pallenberg, and Keith Richards the life of avantgarde 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. "One hypnotic tone poem.... It is not the nowhistoric acts of violence that makeSwayso riveting, but its vivid character portraits and decadent, muzzy atmosphere, all rendered with the heightened sensory awareness associated with drugs and paranoia. The near miniaturist precision with which he describes Keith Richardss attempts to master his guitar, Brian Joness acid trips and Angers obsessive desire for Beausoleil bring this largescale tableau into stunning relief." Liz Brown,Time Out New York

Binding: Paperback;274 pages; Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA; Classification: FA; Weight: 392 g; Dimensions: 203 x 137 x 20

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