Bold as Love

by Gwyneth Jones
Bold as Love  
published 2005 by Night Shade Books
binding Hardcover
isbn 1597800023   (isbn13: 9781597800020)
pages 280
description The Home Secretary of the UK decides to recruit a Countercultural Think Tank of pop stars in order to make the government look too cool to be overthro...more
date added
12-18-06



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Katie
05/27/08

Read in April, 2004
recommends it for: fantasy lovers, environmentalists, anglophiles, rock stars, everyone
This book is extraordinary. It's premise is original: in a near-future England the summer the UK breaks up voluntarily, a bunch of rock stars end up trying to hold the country together after a coup topples the power structure. Sounds a bit ridiculous, but Jones draws you in with inventive yet believable worldbuilding and vivid characterizations. This novel is the unlikely but enthralling lovechild of dystopian sci-fi, Arthurian legend, an environmentalist protest rally, and a rock festival....more
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Michael
The copy says most of it: "Three extraordinary people in some most extraordinary times." I just remember getting depressed while reading it.
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Jarrah
Jarrah marked it as to-read (review of isbn 057507292X)
03/19/08

bookshelves: to-read, toread-fantasy
First of series, adult contemporary AU-England fantasy.
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Eva
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06/18/07

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bookshelves: 2007books, fiction, music
Read in June, 2007
 

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avg rating (all editions): 4.33 (6 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 5.00 (1 ratings)
number of reviews: 3






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