Description: Further DetailsTitle: Quantum CriminalsCondition: NewFormat: HardbackSubtitle: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely DanISBN-10: 1477324992EAN: 9781477324998ISBN: 9781477324998Publisher: University of Texas PressRelease Date: 05/09/2023Description: “ONE OF THE SHARPEST, FUNNIEST, AND BEST BOOKS EVER ABOUT ANY ROCK ARTIST”—Rolling Stone “WEIRD AND WONDROUS”—New York Times “I ADORED IT”—Michael Chabon A literary and visual exploration of the songs of Steely Dan. Steely Dan’s songs are exercises in fictional world-building. No one else in the classic-rock canon has conjured a more vivid cast of rogues and heroes, creeps and schmucks, lovers and dreamers and cold-blooded operators—or imbued their characters with so much humanity. Pulling from history, lived experience, pulp fiction, the lore of the counterculture, and their own darkly comic imaginations, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker summoned protagonists who seemed like fully formed people with complicated pasts, scars they don’t talk about, delusions and desires and memories they can’t shake. From Rikki to Dr. Wu, Hoops McCann to Kid Charlemagne, Franny from NYU to the Woolly Man without a Face, every name is a locked-room mystery, beguiling listeners and earning the band an exceptionally passionate and ever-growing cult fandom. Quantum Criminals presents the world of Steely Dan as it has never been seen, much less heard. Artist Joan LeMay has crafted lively, color-saturated images of her favorite characters from the Daniverse to accompany writer Alex Pappademas’s explorations of the famous and obscure songs that inspired each painting, in short essays full of cultural context, wild speculation, inspired dot-connecting, and the occasional conspiracy theory. All of it is refracted through the perspectives of the characters themselves, making for a musical companion unlike any other. Funny, discerning, and visually stunning, Quantum Criminals is a singular celebration of Steely Dan’s musical cosmos. Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 254mmItem Length: 178mmItem Width: 38mmAuthor: Alex Pappademas, Joan LeMayGenre: Music Dance & TheatreBook Series: American Music SeriesItem Weight: 966gType: Communication StudiesRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
Price: 59.6 USD
Location: 60543
End Time: 2025-01-19T14:31:40.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Return policy details:
Publication Name: Quantum Criminals
Title: Quantum Criminals
Subtitle: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs
ISBN-10: 1477324992
EAN: 9781477324998
ISBN: 9781477324998
Release Date: 05/09/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: American Music Series
Type: Communication Studies
Book Title: Quantum Criminals : Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: History & Criticism, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Rock
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music
Item Weight: 34.1 Oz
Author: Joan Lemay, Alex Pappademas
Item Length: 10.3 in
Book Series: American Music Ser.
Item Width: 7.2 in
Format: Hardcover
