![]() ![]() There are also some subtle references to previous novels for Mitchell aficionados to spot the name of the Syd Barrett like guitarist will ring a bell with readers of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, while the band’s manager, Levon, was last seen reminiscing about the band in a scene in The Bone Clocks. There’s more than a hint of Fairport Convention’s story in some aspects of this tale, and indeed Mitchell made extensive use of Rob Young’s history of the British folk scene Electric Eden when researching the book. ![]() ![]() Its story follows the rise and fall of an English rock band the Utopia Avenue of the title, from its inception, almost as a result of a musical blind date, in the heyday of psychedelia in the London of 1967 to its inevitable ‘it’s better to burn out than to fade away’ blazing demise a few years later as reality and idealism finally collide, calling in at New York, San Francisco and all points in between on this journey through the summer of love and beyond. Someone once said writing about music is like dancing about architecture, but disregarding this sage advice, David Mitchell returns with his big music novel, his first major work in six years. ![]()
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