Rise & Fall of the Miraculous Vespas (Ross David F.)(Paperback)

When a young Ayrshire band unexpectedly hits the big time with the smash hit record of 1984, everything looks rosy, despite their delusional young manager and a thwarted plot to kidnap Boy George. What could possibly go wrong? The riotously funny, heartwarming, and deeply poignant second book in the bestselling Disco Days Trilogy.  ***Now adapted for the stage by Scotland’s Borderline Theatre Co. and the Ayr Gaiety theatre***   'This band would definitely bring on Stockholm Syndrome' Boy George   ’An astonishing tour de force’ John Niven ‘A great white-knuckle read set in the world of hope, dreams and DIY pop’ Stuart Cosgrove   ––––––––––––––––––––––––  The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Vespas is the timeless story of the quest for pop immortality. When a young Ayrshire band miraculously hits the big time with the smash hit record of 1984, international stardom beckons. That’s despite having a delusional teenage manager propelled by a dark, malign voice in his head… Can Max Mojo’s band of talented social misfits repeat the success and pay back the mounting debts accrued from an increasingly agitated cartel of local gangsters? Or will they have to kidnap Boy George and hope for the best? Featuring much-loved characters from the international bestseller, The Last Days of Disco, this is an absurdly funny, riotously ambitious and deeply human story of small-town rivalries, music, confused adolescence and, ab
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