Flight 505

by Leslie Bohem

Billy Sooner made it big. Mickey and Al were left behind. In a bid to recapture the past, they hope to reunite on stage at Madison Square Gardens, before Mickey’s shady past and bingo dauber heroin send them on trip they can’t come back from.

Flight 505 is bloody, bleak, meditative, funny, and, on one level or another, all about music, musicians, and the glory and damage of their world.

129 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2015

Reviews

[Page · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this book. Les Bohem has great style, and creates a gritty world full of excitement and heartache. Turns out he knows the LA music scene of the 1980's, having been part of it himself. What a rare treat to get this inside look at that world, and the people who make it, and the ones who don't. Plus, he tells a great story, it was hard to put it down. I recommend this book!

[Daria Polatin · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read! I raced through it. Bohem's writing is elegantly thrilling, humorous and moving. Flight 505 is not to be missed.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Billy, Al and Mickey were part of the LA music scene in the 80's with their band Vertigo. But Al and Mickey were left behind when Billy became famous. Decades later Mickey drags Al on a trip in an effort to reunite with Billy where he'll be playing his next concert and make the last dream they had as a band come true - play at Madison Square Garden together.

This was a solid novella. The author created real characters and a vivid world filled with violence, drugs, hopes and broken dreams.