Checker and The Derailleurs [Shriver, Lionel, Andrews, MacLeod] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Checker and The Derailleurs/5(37). · Checker and the Deraillurs is a novel by American novelist Lionel Shriver. The novel, Shriver's second, follows the life of rock drummer Checker Secretti of the Deraillurs band as he goes through a series of relationships and social exchanges. Shriver described the novel as influenced by her father's strongly religious values, with the plot "derived glaringly from the New Testament".Author: Lionel Shriver. Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard. W.
Lionel Shriver - Zeitgeist by the throat☺️ Lionel Shriver is one of my favorite authors and I loved this book. I read a review that says " If Jodi Picoult has her finger on the zeitgeist, Shriver has her hands around its throat" (Ron Charles, Washington Post) This book made me think of this quote - it is smart, laugh out loud funny and above all optimistic. Checker and the Derailleurs: A Novel by Shriver, Lionel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru The members of his band, The Derailleurs, are passionately devoted to their guiding spirit, as are all who fall under Checker's spell. But when another drummer, Eaton Striker, hears the prodigy play, he is pulled inexorably into Checker's orbit by a powerful combination of envy and admiration.
This story focusses on Checker Secretti, a young drummer in a small-time rock band, the Derailleurs. Checker is charismatic and talented, which inspires admiration and envy in those around him. Both outcomes come to cause him problems over the course of the book. Checker and The Derailleurs [Shriver, Lionel, Andrews, MacLeod] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Checker and The Derailleurs. Checker and the Derailleurs, like its beguiling protagonist, is hard to forget. People. Nothing if not lyrical, both in the internal assonances of its sentences and in sentiment. It is fairy tale as well as theology, a domestic adventure story featuring wisdom. The New Yorker. A funkily romantic novel Shriver’s writing soars. Glamour.
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