Hubcap Diamondstar Halo

by Camden Joy

When G. awakes alone in an upturned van his journey begins. Several days of hallucinations lead him through his future film-making career, his pursuit of both Federico Fellini and River Phoenix, and his truncated relationship with a dead girlfriend. Writer Camden Joy pays tribute to the distorted, patch-worked music of an obscure songwriter running from his impending fame. Haunted by the memory of his dead girlfriend, the songwriter slips in an out of consciousness and the past and future, in a jumble that ultimately resembles one of his songs. Joy expertly recreates the false starts and whipered melodies, the sheets of feedback and distortion buzz of G. and his band Kotatone.

80 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2001

Reviews

[chris]

I am going to wait as long as I possibly can to read this book, because it is the last Camden Joy book I have yet to read, and it makes me sort of sad to think that there won't be any new ones after this. Unless he writes some more, but I never count on that.