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| | Powell's Books - Gary Benchley, Rock Star by Paul Ford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Gary Benchley, recent college grad and aspiring rock star, left his dead-end life in Albany to seek his fortune in that hotbed of hipsters — Williamsburg, Brooklyn. |
 | | Earnestly optimistic and completely confident in his fate, Gary writes of his trials and tribulations securing a roommate, a girlfriend, and even a band — the "world's most inclusive band" — complete with a gay synth player, a hot chick drummer, and a cool fl bassist. |
 | | Gary's first person is breezy and believable (the novel was first serialized online with Gary's byline, and people wrote in to cheer him on), and the rock minutiae, immature personae and clotted relationships are dead-on. |
| www.powells.com /biblio/61-0452286638-0 (467 words) |
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