The Armageddon Rag - A Novel

Martin, George R.R.

ISBN 10: 0671475266 / ISBN 13: 9780671475260

Published by Pocket Books - A Division of Simon Schuster, New York, 1983

About this Item

333 Pages. Orange boards with maroon quarter-spine. Author's signature on the title pages between the author's name and the publisher. There is a stamped figure (remainder?) on bottom page edges near the spine. No other defects noted to this otherwise As New book with flawless boards and text pages. Very light wear to top edge of dust jacket that is protected with a vinyl covering and the 15.95 price is unclipped. In this chilling tale of murder, madness and revolution the author has created a thriller about the 60s generation of peace, love, and rock 'n' roll. Sandy Blair, an underground journalist in the 60s is now a respectable novelist who drives a sports car and lives with a successful businesswoman. Nevertheless he is an unhappy man. He has an agent who's threatening to terminate their relationship, a girlfriend who's warning she'll do the same, and an endless feeling that his best years have passed him by. When Sandy is suddenly called upon by his old underground newspaper to do an investigative report of the brutal murder of Jamie Lynch, manager of a legendary 60s rock group he jumps at the chance. Haunted by the memories of his past and the ghosts of his future, he travels around the country stalking Lynch's killer. He drops back into the lives and politics of his old friends and uncovers a bizarre plot to resurrect the revolution of the 60s around the power of rock 'n' roll. And unwittingly, Sandy becomes a key player in the dangerous drama scripted by the lyrics in the classic music album To Wake the Dead. Woven around the popular music of the 60s, this book brilliantly captures the spirit of a generation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Armageddon Rag - A Novel
• Publisher: Pocket Books - A Division of Simon Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671475266
• ISBN 13: 9780671475260
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Journalist Sandy Blair's investigation of a killing takes him back into the lives of old friends, enmeshes him in a demonic plot, and threatens to make him a murderer

About the Author

George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.