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This subversively brilliant, one-of-a-kind

rock autobiography ingeniously styled as a biography, is written by a nameless,

faceless writer hired by an Orwellian entity called "the Corporation"

to capture the essence of Ray Davies, lead singer and songwriter of The Kinks

and one of the greatest rock and rollers of all time. The Kinks front man

reveals his life and times to the young writer, often seemingly passing his

stories directly into the writer's consciousness. Carnaby Street, "Top of

the Pops," the Cavern Club, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and

other fixtures of the times fade in and out of this compelling narrative. Part

autobiography, part social history, part psychological thriller, this elusive

and daring book exposes rock stardom as the heaven, hell, and purgatory it is.