Description
In this hilarious chronicle of the zombified Liverpudlians' rise to fame, "bloody" is no longer just a four-letter word. It's a fookin' way of life for the undead moptops, whose arrival is heralded by the bloodcurdling screams of sanguine American girls who twitch, and writhe, and scratch their own eyes out in manic ecstasy. Come on, surely you've seen the footage from the Ed Sullivan Show! Through hidden messages in their songs, the Beatles mind-meld millions of delicious fans, and their infamous backstage door becomes an one-way ticket to a particularly gruesome session of sucking face. That is, until a notorious zombie hunter named Mick arrives, the fierce wiggle of his lithesome hips and shoulders his only defense against a seemingly impenetrable glut of reanimated corpses. Guard your gray matter, ladies and blokes, and prepare yourselves for a finger-licking feast of the mind!
About the Author
Novelist/ghostwriter/journalist Alan Goldsher is the author of the forthcoming Beatles/horror/humor mash-up Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion (Gallery Books, June 22, 2010), as well as Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read, and the novel Jam. Midnight Movie, the novel he co-wrote with director Tobe Hooper ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") will be published in 2011. Written as A.M. Goldsher, his chicklit novels The True Naomi Story, Reality Check, and Today's Special were released in the U.K. and Marabout in France in 2008, with No Ordinary Girl to come in 2011.
As a ghostwriter, Alan has collaborated on projects with comedians Bernie Mac and Fred Willard; actor Robert Englund, Ironman triathlete Sarah Reinertsen, and "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar, among other notable celebrities and public figures.
Alan's sportswriting has been seen in ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, NBA.com, and ChicagoBulls.com, and he reviews books for Kirkus.
During his 10-plus years as a professional bassist, Goldsher recorded with Janet Jackson, Cypress Hill, and Naughty by Nature; toured the world with Digable Planets; and performed at the 1994 Grammy Awards.
Alan lives and writes in Chicago.
Reviews
"A POST-MODERN GOTHIC CLASSIC." -Mick Wall, author of When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin
"HILARIOUS." -Michael Ian Black, comedian and author of Clappy as a Ham
"BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS. TWO DECAYING THUMBS UP." -Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Patient Zero and Rot & Ruin
"PAUL IS UNDEAD MAY BE THE MOST LIVELY BEATLES BOOK TO COME DOWN THE LONG & WINDING ROAD IN YEARS. IT'S BLOODY BRILLIANT!" -Charles F. Rosenay, Examiner.com
"PAUL IS UNDEAD IS THE ABBEY ROAD OF BEATLES ZOMBIE MASHUP NOVELS." -A.J. Jacobs, author of The Guinea Pig Diaries and The Year of Living Biblically
"...this clever take on the subgenre will bring music nerds into its fandom." -Booklist
"Goldsher turns in a classic rags-to-riches tale of aspiration and success that would do Horatio Alger proud, punctuated by no end of gore." -Kirkus Reviews
From Publisher's Weekly
Starred Review. Are readers ready for a world in which the Beatles just wanna eat your brains? Goldsher (Hard Bop Academy) thinks so, and he may be right. In this humor-filled splatterfest, the rise and fall of the zombie Beatles unfolds through eyewitness accounts, newspaper clippings, and interviews. Violence and music go hand-in-hand as the zombiefied Lennon, Harrison, and McCartney fight, eat, and rock their way to fame and popularity while ninja lord Ringo Starr tries to keep them out of trouble. Nothing can stop them--not even a vampiric Pete Best, zombie-killing Mick Jagger, rival ninja Yoko Ono, or bad reviews. In fact, their only enemies may be one another, as personal conflicts threaten to break them up for good. Roughly paralleling the real-world career of the Beatles, this alternate history reimagines successes, failures, and rivalries with over-the-top bizarro charm. (July)
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Book Information
ISBN 9781439177921
Author Alan Goldsher
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Gallery
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 20mm
About the Author
Novelist/ghostwriter/journalist Alan Goldsher is the author of the forthcoming Beatles/horror/humor mash-up Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion (Gallery Books, June 22, 2010), as well as Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read, and the novel Jam. Midnight Movie, the novel he co-wrote with director Tobe Hooper ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") will be published in 2011. Written as A.M. Goldsher, his chicklit novels The True Naomi Story, Reality Check, and Today's Special were released in the U.K. and Marabout in France in 2008, with No Ordinary Girl to come in 2011.
As a ghostwriter, Alan has collaborated on projects with comedians Bernie Mac and Fred Willard; actor Robert Englund, Ironman triathlete Sarah Reinertsen, and "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar, among other notable celebrities and public figures.
Alan's sportswriting has been seen in ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, NBA.com, and ChicagoBulls.com, and he reviews books for Kirkus.
During his 10-plus years as a professional bassist, Goldsher recorded with Janet Jackson, Cypress Hill, and Naughty by Nature; toured the world with Digable Planets; and performed at the 1994 Grammy Awards.
Alan lives and writes in Chicago.
Reviews
"A POST-MODERN GOTHIC CLASSIC." -Mick Wall, author of When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin
"HILARIOUS." -Michael Ian Black, comedian and author of Clappy as a Ham
"BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS. TWO DECAYING THUMBS UP." -Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Patient Zero and Rot & Ruin
"PAUL IS UNDEAD MAY BE THE MOST LIVELY BEATLES BOOK TO COME DOWN THE LONG & WINDING ROAD IN YEARS. IT'S BLOODY BRILLIANT!" -Charles F. Rosenay, Examiner.com
"PAUL IS UNDEAD IS THE ABBEY ROAD OF BEATLES ZOMBIE MASHUP NOVELS." -A.J. Jacobs, author of The Guinea Pig Diaries and The Year of Living Biblically
"...this clever take on the subgenre will bring music nerds into its fandom." -Booklist
"Goldsher turns in a classic rags-to-riches tale of aspiration and success that would do Horatio Alger proud, punctuated by no end of gore." -Kirkus Reviews
From Publisher's Weekly
Starred Review. Are readers ready for a world in which the Beatles just wanna eat your brains? Goldsher (Hard Bop Academy) thinks so, and he may be right. In this humor-filled splatterfest, the rise and fall of the zombie Beatles unfolds through eyewitness accounts, newspaper clippings, and interviews. Violence and music go hand-in-hand as the zombiefied Lennon, Harrison, and McCartney fight, eat, and rock their way to fame and popularity while ninja lord Ringo Starr tries to keep them out of trouble. Nothing can stop them--not even a vampiric Pete Best, zombie-killing Mick Jagger, rival ninja Yoko Ono, or bad reviews. In fact, their only enemies may be one another, as personal conflicts threaten to break them up for good. Roughly paralleling the real-world career of the Beatles, this alternate history reimagines successes, failures, and rivalries with over-the-top bizarro charm. (July)
Copyright (c) Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Book Information
ISBN 9781439177921
Author Alan Goldsher
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Gallery
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 20mm
