Lenochod Jimmy & jeho backup band – Bareš Pavel (2023)

A musical novel by an author who is the voice of a young generation ***** Sloth Jimmy and his backup band never made it to the radio. They ended their career in the music business just as they started: as an underperforming high school garage band that never brought their fans any lasting value apart from chronic ringing in their ears. ***** Fifteen years later, Dylan is hunched over at an office job, Jess is stressing out as a teacher at her alma mater, and Casper is struggling to take the reins of family life. From their wild youth spent on the stages of smoky clubs, only hazy, bittersweet memories remain. At least until former bandmate Ollie returns with an idea so absurd that it can't be refused: Sloth Jimmy and his backup band will get back together. They will head to the same festival where everything fell apart fifteen years ago, rewind time, and fulfill their youthful dreams before they all become the living dead trapped in adult responsibilities. ***** Sloth Jimmy & his backup band is a book about music and the power that lies within it; about adulthood and the fear of it; about friendship, loss, pain, and reconciliation. It's about how...