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    Outside the Gates of Eden

    By Lewis Shiner

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    'Generous but unflinching, sweeping but intimate, fictional but true' KAREN JOY FOWLER.

    'A brilliant requiem for our generation and all our dreams' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN.

    What happened to the idealism of the 1960s? This question has haunted a generation.

    Outside the Gates of Eden follows two men from their first meeting in high school to their final destination in the 21st century. Alex is torn between his father's business empire and his own artistic yearnings. Cole, constantly uprooted in his childhood, finds his calling at a Bob Dylan concert in 1965.

    From the Summer of Love in San Francisco to the Woodstock festival in upstate New York, from campus protests to the Soho art scene, from a communal farm in Virginia to the mariachis of Guanajuato, Mexico, the novel charts the rise and fall of the counterculture – and what came after.

    Using the music business as a window into the history of half a century, Outside the Gates of Eden is both epic and intimate, starkly realistic and ultimately hopeful, a War and Peace for the Woodstock generation.

    'Shiner displays the panoramic historical consciousness of a Pynchon or DeLillo, and yet every page is suffused with a humble and scrupulous humanity... You simply live with his people and know them and love them' JONATHAN LETHEM.

    'A page-turning tour de force. Anyone with a passion for rock and roll storytelling at its very best must not deny themselves the opportunity to read this tale. A masterpiece' IAIN MATTHEWS.

    'A history of a generation seen through the lens of music' JOHN KESSEL.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHead of Zeus
    Release dateAug 8, 2019
    ISBN9781789541120
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    Lewis Shiner

    Born in Texas, Lewis Shiner is a musician, rock music journalist and award-winning author, writing across genres. He has published six short stories collections and eight novels, including Glimpses, winner of the World Fantasy Best Novel Award.

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      Loved every page of this tribute to the 1960's thru the Trump election. I have never read Lewis Shiner before but will hungrily seeking out his other books.Though a huge cast of characters I had no problem at all of keeping every one straight. The saga is actually a history of my geitneration though I am a little younger than the principal characters.I took 6 days to read. I gave it a 5 because I was never bored or in a rush to finish a chapter.And, I was sorry yo turn the last page. Page #864.