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Growing up in the Virginia suburbs, Mark Oliver Everett was to roam unsupervised with his sister, Liz, while his mother combated depression and his father, the eccentric and acclaimed quantum physicist Hugh Everett, remained distant and obsessed by parallel universes of his own creation.... read more
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People edit
- Mark Oliver Everett aka E: The book is biographical thus E takes centre stage
- Liz: Add a description of this character.
- Carter
- Anna
- Lenny
- Susan
- Nina Simone
- Bob Dylan
- Elliott
- Robert
- Ray Charles
- Janet
- Neil Young
- Alan
- Butch
- Tom Waits
- Angie Dickinson
- John Lennon
- O'dell
- Davitt
- Anthony
- Vega
- Johnny
- Francis
- Jennifer
Quotes edit
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“Tom Waits calls to tell me the album reminds him of baked Alaska. I think about it and quickly deduce that comparing my album to flaming ice cream can only be the greatest of all compliments coming from Tom Waits.”
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“I don't want to waste your time with flowery shit, so, out of respect for you, gentle reader, I'm going to stick with the direct approach.”
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“If kids aren't able to be kids, then they become little adults during childhood--and then overgrown babies as adults. It's backwards.”
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“I may or may not outrun the family demons, I don't know. But I have to say that I'm proud that I've made it this far, and if this is as far as it goes--not bad, sir.”
Setting & Locations edit
Royal Albert Hall
- Virginia
- America
- Echo Park
- Los Angeles
- London
- England
- California
- Vermont
- Washington
- Texas
- Hollywood
- Richmond
First Sentence edit
I was driving through the pitch black Virginia night, down the perfectly flat blacktop that was once a railroad track, across that high bridge over the ravine, thinking about the details of how one night I was going to drive off it.
Table of Contents edit
Summer of Love
Good Old Days/Shut Up or Die
First Girlfriend
Troubled Teens
Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor/Dad in the Trash
Soda Jerk
Hope Ya Like Starvin'
Garage Sale
I love Crazy Girls
A Day at the Beach/ Honolulu Hurricane
Happy Trails
Estate Sale
I'm Mad at You/Nina Simone is Dead
Rock Hard Times
Blinking Lights (For Me)
Things The Grandchildren Should Know
Now What?
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mark Oliver Everett (Author)
First Edition edit
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Page Count: 244
Publisher: Add the publisher.
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Page Count: 244
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- Dewey: 781.66092
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThis book is honest and raw. There is a lot of profanity, sex, as well as drug and alcohol use by the author at a very young age.
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