George Pelecanos' crime fiction orbits around music fandom, and several of his novels hinge around a record store in Washington DC - the protagonists are constantly listening to and arguing about records, going to concerts, etc. Dennis Cooper's characters are often punk-rock obsessives, too, though you'd probably scare timid students w/ Cooper. At 10:01 AM 10/7/2003, Miller, James Andrew (UMC-Student) wrote:

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Zornlist:

Here's a question you all might be able to help me with. I'm toying with the idea of 'music in literature' as a topic for a class, and I'm trying to think of substantial fiction that is either about a musician, or about a musical milieu, or a type of music. Some examples of what I mean:

Toni Morrison, 'Jazz' Michael Ondaatje, 'Coming Through Slaughter' Oscar Hijuelos, 'The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love' James Baldwin, 'Another Country' (at least the first section) Michael Thelwell, "The Harder They Come" I think Rushdies "Ground Beneath Her Feet" deals with rock music? what about MacInnes, "Absolute Beginners"?

The book doesn't have to focus exclusively on music, but it ought to use it in some important way-- for example, Hanif Kureishi's "Buddha of Suburbia" deals with punk/glam at times. Or Langston Hughes' "Not Without Laughter" has some discussion of jazz/blues. Musics and/or literatures other than the US would be a great help.

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