The Age of Anxiety is a great rock novel, but that is one of the less important things about it. The narrator is a brilliant creation - cultured, witty and unreliable. The novel captures the craziness of the music business and displays Pete Townshend's sly sense of humour and sharp ear for dialogue. First conceived as an opera, The Age of Anxiety deals with mythic and operatic themes including a maze, divine madness and long-lost children. Hallucinations and soundscapes haunt this novel, which on one level is an extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity.
By:
Pete Townshend Imprint: Little Brown Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 196mm,
Width: 126mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 192g ISBN:9781473622951 ISBN 10: 1473622956 Pages: 272 Publication Date:29 September 2020 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Pete Townshend is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter of The Who - one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling over 100 million records worldwide - and the composer of the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia.