I Am Still the Greatest Says Johnny Angelo"I Am Still The Greatest Says Johnny Angelo" is Nik Cohn's hymn to rock as myth, in all its crazed, absurd, and glorious excess. Partly based on the legendary rocker, PJ Proby, Johnny Angelo is the pop star to end all pop stars--narcissistic, mock-heroic, and massively destructive. The novel follows his progress from warped infancy to final messianic explosion. It is a top read, which David Bowie once claimed inspired Ziggy Stardust. |
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... police were stampeding down the aisles with their truncheons flailing , women were screaming in the dark of the back stalls and flick knives were glinting everywhere . Jail- house Rock : Elvis was dancing , his hips were switching like ...
... police were stampeding down the aisles with their truncheons flailing , women were screaming in the dark of the back stalls and flick knives were glinting everywhere . Jail- house Rock : Elvis was dancing , his hips were switching like ...
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... police could do nothing to stop them . So they hammered and howled and if they had only got through they would have torn him into tiny pieces , they would have mauled him unrecognisable , they would have destroyed every last trace of ...
... police could do nothing to stop them . So they hammered and howled and if they had only got through they would have torn him into tiny pieces , they would have mauled him unrecognisable , they would have destroyed every last trace of ...
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... police arrived . But at the end of half an hour the front doorbell rang , and Angelo looked down and the street was full of police cars and sirens . He turned back into the room . " Yes , " he said . " The police . ” It was all over ...
... police arrived . But at the end of half an hour the front doorbell rang , and Angelo looked down and the street was full of police cars and sirens . He turned back into the room . " Yes , " he said . " The police . ” It was all over ...
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