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Stairway to Hell

Stairway to Hell

by Charlie Williams (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $3.50
Synopsis

Something very strange has been happening in Warchester, and local pub singer Rik Suntan is about to have his doors of perception blown wide open. It seems that during the 1970s, Jimmy Page's experiments with the occult wandered into the art of soulshifting - namely, swapping the souls of celebrity rivals with those of newly born babies in the Warchester maternity ward. Obviously this news is a tad hard to swallow, and Rik's got other problems on his plate - his regular slot doing Cliff Richard covers at the local nightclub is axed, and his girlfriend's dumped him for a ginger bloke. But not nearly as jaw-dropping as finding out he's the reincarnation of David Bowie...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 20 Aug 2009
ISBN 10: 184668689X
ISBN 13: 9781846686894

Media Reviews
A rare read, which is both disturbingand hilarious. Definitely worth having on your bookshelf * Morning Star *
Brilliant... at once pathetic, tragic and wonderfully entertaining * Morning Star *
Praise for Charlie Williams: Gloriously funny stuff and so original that other writers must be gnashing their teeth in jealousy * Guardian *
To create a world with a genuinely dark and disturbing heart is tricky enough ; to do this and be funny at the same time is nigh on impossible, but Charlie Williams pulls it off. Deadfolk was a fantastic debut and Fags and Lager is even better. Royston Blake is a truly original anti-hero, and reading this latest misadventure is like being smashed in the funny bone by a lump hammer * Mark Billingham *
Charlie Williams's storyline is a hallucinogenic trip worthy of the late Syd Barrett's attention... A fascinating and engaging tale, this deserves attention for its sheer originality and author Williams's complete disregard for a conventional plot * Sunday Business Post *
Full of entertaining nonsense... Williams weaves a tight plot, his pacing and ear for dialogue pitch perfect * Big Issue *
Stairway to Hell plunges us into a mad, alternative rock 'n' roll universe, where ordinary people are possessed by the souls of past rock stars... The rock 'n' roll jokes come faster than Zep riffs * Irish Times *
Quite simply hilarious... Bottom line, Stairway to Hell is a barrel of fun, probably best read to a soundtrack of The Song Remains the Same and Ch-Ch-Changes * Black Static *
Charlie Williams' committedly silly novel about the eternal Faustian pact of pop stardom is difficult to dislike... at its best it reminded me of Ian Hunter's Diary of a Rock'n'Roll Star -- Andrew Collins * Word Magazine *
A novel as barmy as this one is hard not to love, especially when Rik and a grizzled band of the halt and the lame attempt to take back the music from the greedy swill-masters behind The X Factor (what they do to Simon Cowell is worth the price of the book). Inspired lunacy for music fans. * Booklist (USA) *
Author Bio
Charlie Williams wrote the books Deadfolk, Fags and Lager and King of the Road. He lives in the Worcester area with his wife, kids and dogs. His favourite authors are Jim Thompson, Charles Willeford, Magnus Mills and Thomas Hardy. He draws inspiration from the Malvern Hills, the behaviour of cats, the behaviour of drunk people and boxing (watching, not doing).