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Ich, Elvis und die anderen Tagebucheintragungen, Liebesbriefe, Verlag: ars vivendi Über das Buch Kevin Coyne blickt hinter die Kulissen des Showgeschäfts
und sticht in ein Wespennest heuchlerischer Agenten, verwöhnter Künstler
und korrupter Geschäftemacher. Einige der tragikomischen Figuren kennt man schon aus seinen Songs: Nicht ohne Zynismus porträtiert Kevin Coyne eine erlesene Kollektion aufgeblasener Naivlinge, aufgeputschter Workaholics und arroganter Angeber, die sich selbst viel zu ernst nehmen. Die Stories um Elvis Presley bilden dabei einen Schwerpunkt, wobei der King of Rock'n' Roll nicht immer gut wegkommt. Kevin Coyne fördert bei seinen Charakteren einen durchaus verständlichen Überdruß am Show-Business zutage aber auch eine liebenswürdige Naivität, mit der sie weiterhin an ihrem Metier festhalten. Illustriert ist der Band mit Zeichnungen des Autors. |
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Paradise Da sitz ich also, Verlag: ars vivendi |
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The Party Dress "The strange thing about Kevin Coyne is that he gets
better as he gets older ... Why we don't value him more I don't know.
Because he's a lost national treasure." "The time for Kevin Coyne's tempestuous talent will
come again in his own country." "Coyne's no party to pop's giddy hedonism. But he's
a bruised, shrewd loner, a survivor with a tale to tell." "A dry, laconic humour ... the voice of urban debris." About the book "It was a day of days, the day Henrys bed ascended through the ceiling. He was just a tiny bit surprised. It had been a busy week." The characters in Kevin Coynes stories are bewildered by lifes little ironies, but strange, startling experiences and insights lift their lives out of the ordinary. He writes about so-called mad people, about their visions, their spirituality, about the lonely twilight world they live in. Influenced both by the deadpan humour of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett and by the music- hall comedy of Al Read and Robb Wilton, Kevin Coyne combines the comic and the tragic in these subtle tales which leave a lasting, pleasurable afterglow, and in his pictures which illustrate this book.
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Show Business The verdict on 'The Party Dress': "A collection of shortstories and illustrations that might
well amount to the finest literary achievement yet by a rock singer ...
Sad, funny, horrific, sexy, compassionate and absurd." About the book: "Where to next? I read somewhere that sophistication is back in fashion. Ive still got my looks. Perhaps I should dress up as a dandy, call myself Flash Harry? It would be nice to sing romantic ballads again. I can hear Mandy moving around. I must have disturbed her. Ill make a cup of cocoa. We can talk about my new future. She can help design the brocade jacket suggest whether I wear a cloak or not. Im getting excited. I wonder if theres any material left from my Danny Dracula period? ..." Show Business is a collection of stories about the real business of entertainment. Reality is a jungle full of phoney agents, spoilt artistes and corrupt businessmen. Kevin Coyne portrays an array of hustlers, naifs and people who take themselves far too seriously. Coynes short stories are a window on a strange way of life. Show biz is tough, and the cynicism and weariness that emerge are hardly surprising. But theres a touching naivety about these characters who hang on in there despite everything. Kevin Coyne knows show business intimately. His perception of it is insightful and funny.
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Tagebuch eines Teddybären Ein Teddybär, der philosopiert? |