The Night

by Richard Meltzer

In a novel in the Beat tradition of Kerouac and Burroughs, a nationally known rock critic portrays the life of a debauchee who tries to come to terms with his continual drinking, womanizing, and flirtation with death. A first novel.

Genres: Fiction

Hardcover

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

Rock critic, performer and writer. He is considered by some rock historians to be the first to write real analysis of rock and roll and is credited with inventing "rock criticism".

Reviews

[Wade Oberlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

made me want to get some hot snack-shit from Pink's!

[Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

Utter trash. I couldn't even finish it.