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Cowboys and Indians

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ISBN: 9780099498292
AuthorO'Connor, Joseph
Pub Date01/05/2008
BindingPaperback
Pages256
CountryGBR
Dewey823.914
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Quick overview All alone, with only his electric guitar and his overactive ego for company, Eddie Virago, proud owner of the last mohican haircut in Dublin, leaves his home town to find fame in the wild world of the London rock scene.
€12.70

The first novel by Joseph O'Connor, bestselling author of Star of the Sea and Shadowplay.

Eddie Virago, proud owner of the last mohican haircut in Dublin, leaves his home town to find the fame and fortune he's convinced awaits in the wild world of the London rock scene.

Things don't quite go as planned, however. He finds himself living in a ramshackle hotel with a girl he met on the ferry over, while a bewildering array of acid-house ravers, saloon-bar revolutionaries, music-business wideboys and media primadonnas all seem very anxious to help Eddie on his way...

'Very funny... An immensely readable and entertaining book, full of truth about the world we live in' Sunday Independent

'Clever, wry and often hilarious...with sardonic, very knowing digs at youthful pretension' Time Out

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The first novel by Joseph O'Connor, bestselling author of Star of the Sea and Shadowplay.

Eddie Virago, proud owner of the last mohican haircut in Dublin, leaves his home town to find the fame and fortune he's convinced awaits in the wild world of the London rock scene.

Things don't quite go as planned, however. He finds himself living in a ramshackle hotel with a girl he met on the ferry over, while a bewildering array of acid-house ravers, saloon-bar revolutionaries, music-business wideboys and media primadonnas all seem very anxious to help Eddie on his way...

'Very funny... An immensely readable and entertaining book, full of truth about the world we live in' Sunday Independent

'Clever, wry and often hilarious...with sardonic, very knowing digs at youthful pretension' Time Out

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