flatbaroque Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Not that many fiction books have a character where guitar playing is central to the story. One such book is "Dirt Music" by Australian author Tim Winton. He's probably Australia's best known and awarded comtemporary author. "Dirt Music" is set on the rugged West Coast of Australia. Great read especially for the musically inclined amongst us.The author is a guitarist himself and I've seen a photo of him with a J-45. When the book was released a few years ago a CD came out at the same time."Dirt Music" was basically a term for country blues...so it was a compilation CD of things like"keep your lamp trimmed and burning" etc. Another recently read non fiction was "In Cold Blood" where one of the two murderers played "an old gibson acoustic".......but I'm sure some murderers play Martins, probably not Taylors though. Anyone know other fiction books with guitar players to the fore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisA83 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 There was a guitar player in Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro. It contains several short stories all themed around music, and in this one the guy went up into the forest to play and write new songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thanks Chris......that reminded me of Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.........a guitar playing female character was central to the plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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