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Alex Austin
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Newark, The United States
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member since
January 2008
A terrific new review of The Red Album of Asbury Park came out 4/30/09 on http://www.jerseysmarts.com
Below are some excerpts from other reviews.
“It is simply an amazing work of fiction… a smart look inside the topsy-turvy world of the rock and roll lifestyle and the futility, hope, danger, love and mystery of survival in general. The Red Album Of Asbury Park is a book you won’t be able to put... Read more of this blog post »
Below are some excerpts from other reviews.
“It is simply an amazing work of fiction… a smart look inside the topsy-turvy world of the rock and roll lifestyle and the futility, hope, danger, love and mystery of survival in general. The Red Album Of Asbury Park is a book you won’t be able to put... Read more of this blog post »
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The Red Album of Asbury Park Remixed
— published 2008 — 2 editions |
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Heavy Feather Review 1.1
by Alex Austin (Goodreads Author), Nick Barr, Seth Berg — published 2012 |
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The Perfume Factory
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The Greatest Lover in the World
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The Red Album of Asbury Park (Literature & Fiction)
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updated Apr 30, 2009 11:36am
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Against the backdrop of a fabled town in trouble, 22-year-old musician Sam Nesbitt struggles to rid himself of his personal demons, past and present,as he pursues the rock 'n' roll dream.
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