The Age of Anxiety by Pete Townshend audiobook

The Age of Anxiety: A Novel

By Pete Townshend
Read by Michael Jayston

Hachette Books, Da Capo Press 9780316398985

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 1 Format: Library CD

  • ISBN: 9781478990864

Runtime: 9.03 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

In his debut novel, rock legend Pete Townshend explores the anxiety of modern life and madness in a story that stretches across two generations of a London family, their lovers, collaborators, and friends.


A former rock star disappears on the Cumberland moors. When his wife finds him, she discovers he has become a hermit and a painter of apocalyptic visions.


An art dealer has drug-induced visions of demonic faces swirling in a bedstead and soon his wife disappears, nowhere to be found.


A beautiful Irish girl who has stabbed her father to death is determined to seduce her best friend's husband.


A young composer begins to experience aural hallucinations, expressions of the fear and anxiety of the people of London. He constructs a maze in his back garden.


Driven by passion and musical ambition, events spiral out of control -- good drugs and bad drugs, loves lost and found, families broken apart and reunited. Conceived jointly as an opera, The Age of Anxiety deals with mythic and operatic themes. Hallucinations and soundscapes haunt this novel in an extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Jayston lends the narrative a heavy dose of gravitas balanced by a personal tone. Characters, who play more prominently in this work than plot, are brought to life with an array of accents and tonal inflections, along with clever reproductions of phone conversations and short clips of music. Jayston’s intimate delivery elevates an engaging audiobook to a must-listen for Townshend’s fans and listeners in search of a captivating story. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” —AudioFile
“A story involving a London family and its friends, lovers, and associates careening through modern life in ‘visionary’ fashion.” —Library Journal
A cracking story about sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll. —Mail on Sunday EVENT
A dazzling whirligig of a novel, featuring reclusive rock stars-turned-seers, visions of heaven and hell, young musical pretenders, artists and groupies. —Daily Express
Setting his novel in the milieu he knows in all its excess, Townshend directs a cast of memorable characters while examining themes of creativity, genius, music, and love. —Daily Mail
The scope of The Age of Anxiety is broader than first appears: this modern-day fable dwells on creativity and madness. —Radio Times

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Author

Author Bio: Pete Townshend

Author Bio: Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend is a book editor and author. He is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter of The Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the twentieth century, and the composer of the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia. Although known for his musical compositions and musicianship, he has been extensively involved in the literary world for more than three decades, writing newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, essays, scripts, a memoir, and a novel.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : Library CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 9.03
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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