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X-Ray by Ray Davies (2007, Paperback, Reprint) 
X-Ray by Ray Davies (2007, Paperback, Reprint)

 
X-Ray by Ray Davies (2007, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Ray Davies
Publisher: Overlook Pr
Publication Date: 2007-10-30
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1585679399
ISBN-13: 9781585679393
Product ID: EPID58996578
Description: Part science fiction novel, part "unauthorized autobiography," and completely Ray Davies' way of distancing himself from his own story in order to tell it better, X-RAY begins with its young protagonist ("my name is of no importance...")...
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Synopsis
Part science fiction novel, part "unauthorized autobiography," and completely Ray Davies' way of distancing himself from his own story in order to tell it better, X-RAY begins with its young protagonist ("my name is of no importance...") being assigned by his employers, the mysterious Corporation, to chronicle the reclusive fictional Davies' life, with a view to eventually destroying him. It's a measure of Davies' storytelling powers that this 1984-like device doesn't distract from the book's main purpose--a behind-the-scenes look at the neuroses, machinations, tantrums, excesses, and musical brilliance of one of the 1960s' most creative songwriters. Davies recounts the roots of his early mistrust of authority, his exposure to the boredom, backbiting, and drudgery of a "real job," and his realization that even the wealth and trappings of pop stardom couldn't free him from the strictures of a society he despised. It's not all bad, of course--the assorted traumas produce some great songs, and the drugs and debauchery provide some interesting diversions; but the overall impression Davies gives in this unsparingly honest work of semi-fiction is that he's a man born out of time, a misfit in his own age.

Details
Publication Date:2007-10-30
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Length:419 pages
Height:8.0 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:11.8 oz

Publisher's Note
The Kinks lead singer and songwriter tells the story of his life and career to a nameless writer hired by "the Corporation" to be the rock singer's biographer, offering a vivid account of London, the swinging 1960s rock scene, and such fellow musicians as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and others. Reprint.

Industry Reviews
"[Davies writes] with much of the perversity, charm, and uneasy wit of his most ambitious lyrics."
Perloff

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