The year 1973 was a weird year. The first cell phone was created, there was the Watergate Scandal, and $203,000 was stolen from the rock gods, Led Zeppelin, at the Drake Hotel in New York City. Who could have stolen all that money without anyone knowing?
Former editor of Playboy and current editor of Inked, Jason Buhrmester, have an intriguing answer to the question of who might have stolen the money in his debut novel, Black Dogs. Unlike Adam Rifkin’s film, Detriot Rock City, where the main character ,Lex, (played by actor, Giuseppe Andrews) and his three burnout friends plan to sneak into a Kiss concert in Detroit.
Readers are introduced to nineteen-year-old, Patrick Sullivan, returning to his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland from New York City with the plan to rob Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden. Sullivan proposes his idea to his “black acting” friend, Alex, who has just been released from jail for Patrick’s crime, Frenchy (his musician friend that lives with his hot young mom) and Keith (his tool headed mechanic friend that steals back stereos he installed in rich people’s cars).
What seems like a good idea to Patrick and his band of misfits turns into twist and turns of trying not to get caught. They get involved with the Holy Ghosts Christian motorcycle gang and even the Misty Mountain Hoppers Led Zeppelin Fan Club. If you do not like Led Zeppelin or have any knowledge of the band prior to reading Black Dogs, this is not the book for you. If you like a good heist book with grit and a Reservoir Dog appeal than you’ll love it.
Patrick is a huge Zeppelin fan. It seems that no one understands his connection with the band and though it is not explain throughout the book why he loves them so much, readers can connect with being young and loving music.
There are a lot of great rock mysteries that will never be solved. Did Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, really kill himself, what really happened between Nancy and Sid Vicious in the Chelsea Hotel that night? Buhrmester intrigues the reader with this answer and you might believe it after reading Black Dogs.
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There were a lot of grammatical mistakes and sentence structure problems, which made it hard to follow at times. Also, Patrick hates Led Zeppelin, doesn't he?! I think that Zeppelin fans and non-Zeppelin fans would be able to enjoy this book. But I liked your introduction about different 'weird' things that happened in 1973.
ReplyDeleteThe article started off well, but the grammatical mistakes and the flawed sentence structure took me out of the review's flow. Also, most of the review talks about the plot and not about the book itself, which was sad to see.
ReplyDeleteInteresting comparison of the book to Detroit Rock City and Reservoir Dogs as well. The last parapgraph was clever. Did Kurt really kill himslef? And what really went down between Sid & Nancy?
ReplyDeleteInteresting intro, but I really liked your ending paragraph. I think it could have worked better as the intro, but great job!
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