Dope Opera - Hardcover

Mcdowell, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 074530124X ISBN 13: 9780745301242

Publisher: Pluto Press, 1987

Synopsis

Stan Garland, redundant art teacher, martial arts student and alternative private eye is hired by Captain Midnight to find a folk singer who seems to have vanished. As a sort of Buddhist, [he] feels an obligation to help his fellow human being...

Heavy on Karma and light on luck, Garland soon finds himself in all kinds of trouble. Including murder.

About this title

About the Author

PAUL McDOWELL was born and raised in London. In his previous incarnations he has, at some time or other, been a painter, a pop singer, an actor, a plasterer's mate and a bongo player. At present he is a writer and teacher of Qigong. He is best known as Whispering Paul McDowell, the lead singer of the British band 'Temperance Seven'. After his singing career he became an actor working in the Theater in the United States and in British TV comedies. His latest performance is as the Grand Master in the successful British occult movie 'Chemical Wedding' (US title 'Crowley') Dope Opera was scheduled to be filmed by Monty Python editor, Julian Doyle starring Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson but after three weeks shooting the investor - out of his head on Crack Cocaine - killed himself, traveling 200 mph on a wet, night road in Essex. The resulting 30 minutes of film is available through Amazon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074530124X
• ISBN 13: 9780745301242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 154