How Soon Is Never
| Author | Marc Spitz |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Music, Novel |
| Publisher | Three Rivers Press |
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Publication date
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September 23, 2003 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 400 |
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| Preceded by | We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of LA Punk |
| Followed by | Too Much, Too Late |
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How Soon Is Never is novel-cum-homage to The Smiths set in working-class Manchester, England, in the early 1980s. The book was written by Marc Spitz and originally released on September 23, 2003 by Three Rivers Press.
There is a light and it never goes out . . . or is there?
Welcome to the big Reagan ’80s, where ketchup is a vegetable and the Cold War looms large and chilly. If like Joe Green you were coming of age during this boom era, your main concerns include one or more of the following: a rainbow assortment of Polo shirts worn with the collar flipped up, K-Swiss tennis shoes, a new cable channel called MTV, and Top 40 radio. Stuck in the suburban haze of Long Island, New York, Joe Green knows there has got to be more to life.
However, salvation is on the way, in the form of a quiffed-up quartet from Manchester, England, who take over the airways of a local radio station. Hearing the Smiths for the first time jerks Joe awake: Morrissey’s wry and witty lyrics speak to him, and Johnny Marr’s driven guitar chords get under his skin. He destroys his Phil Collins cassettes, pomades his hair into New Wave submission, studies up on his Oscar Wilde, and falls in love. He even shows up for dinner on time. That is, until his favorite band breaks up and then breaks his heart.
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