You're Perry Hardaway. You lead a band. You haven't been laid in forever. And you assistant manage a Chicago music emporium called The Record HaAs. Your boss is a freak. Your staff ignores you. One co-worker is a skatekid with a penchant for customer harassment. Another can't keep his hands away from your tushie. Your band has changed its name more times than it's rehearsed. Your dream girl is a lesbian. Your love life is a farce. And that record store? It's going out of business. In seven days. A comic novel inhabiting the same universe as his acclaimed debut Jam, The Record HaAs is a melding of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity and Kevin Smith's Clerks. It's a commentary on the destruction of small business""how the end of one store can alter the lives of its customers, the neighborhood landscape, and the world of an everydude named Perry.
Alan Goldsher is the author of the forthcoming mash-up "Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion" (Simon & Schuster, 2010), as well as seven other books, including "Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read" (St. Martin's), "Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers" (Hal Leonard), and the novel "Jam" (Permanent Press). As a ghostwriter, Alan has collaborated with numerous celebrities and public figures, including actor Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund and amputee triathlete Sarah Reinertsen. Alan is currently co-writing the novel "Midnight Movie" with film director Tobe Hooper ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"). His sportswriting has been seen in ESPN The Magazine, Sport, and NBA.com.
Alan lives and writes in Chicago. For more information, visit http://www.Facebook.com/Alan.Goldsher.
Genre: General Fiction
Alan Goldsher is the author of the forthcoming mash-up "Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion" (Simon & Schuster, 2010), as well as seven other books, including "Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read" (St. Martin's), "Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers" (Hal Leonard), and the novel "Jam" (Permanent Press). As a ghostwriter, Alan has collaborated with numerous celebrities and public figures, including actor Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund and amputee triathlete Sarah Reinertsen. Alan is currently co-writing the novel "Midnight Movie" with film director Tobe Hooper ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"). His sportswriting has been seen in ESPN The Magazine, Sport, and NBA.com.
Alan lives and writes in Chicago. For more information, visit http://www.Facebook.com/Alan.Goldsher.
Genre: General Fiction
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