Jimmy Kozlowski has a regular gig playing Paul McCartney in the
Beatles tribute band, Help!. The band is part of a cottage
industry built around mimicry, where each group strives to be the
ultimate Fake Fab Four. And none strives harder than Help!, thanks
to Gene Klein, its John Lennon and leader. Gene’s just gotten his
Medicare card and spends much of his time caring for his ailing
mother. But he hasn’t lost a step on guitar or vocals, and is
determined to take Help! to the top, his goal being to perform in
Liverpool one day. Though the notion of the UK clamoring for a
group of Long Islanders with fake British accents seems
far-fetched, Gene has a plan.
Unlike his boss, Jimmy has limited bandwidth for high-quality
Beatle wigs or bespoke Nehru jackets. He works a straight job,
entertains at a nursing home, and yearns to connect with the
daughter he’s never met. He also wants a shot at recording and
performing his own original compositions. No matter the odds,
Jimmy is determined to realize his creative dreams, even if it
means “burying Paul” in the process.
I Buried Paul is a
love letter to the power of music, a humorous yet moving
exploration of the sacrifices its disciples are willing to make in
service to its magic.
“Funny, heartfelt, and unafraid… A book for anyone who loves
music or has ever tried to keep a dream alive.” — Ben Loory, author of Tales of Falling and Flying
“First, the good news: Paul isn’t dead, and this isn’t an
autopsy. Rather it’s a funny, moving novel about trying to find
your way home from the Abbey Road of your teenage fantasy life,
while simultaneously escaping the shadows cast by your father,
your older brother, many failed relationships, and a world that
doesn’t like to see people doing what they love – such as making
their own music. Reminiscent of Anne Tyler and Richard Russo (if
either could keep a steady bass beat), Bruce Ferber writes
humorous fiction for grown ups.” — Scott Bradfield, author of The History of Luminous
Motion
“In his touching and funny novel, Bruce Ferber comes not to bury
Paul McCartney but to celebrate his true believers, the dreamers
who carry the torch of their youthful rock dreams well into
pension age, and who refuse to sacrifice their passion despite
high cholesterol counts and the possibility of embarrassing
themselves. I Buried Paul is a tender paean to the music that
changed us all, its revivifying and enduring power.”
— Marc Weingarten, author of The Gang that Wouldn’t Write
Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, Capote, and the New
Journalism Revolution
“Funny, deep, and compulsive, I Buried Paul is a tribute to
family, lifelong friends, and the Beatles tunes that unite them.
Told with Ferber’s trademark wit, literary verve and
big-heartedness, it’s a veritable magical mystery tour of growing
up and finding love and meaning in a complex world.”
— Michaela Carter, author of Leonora in the Morning Light
“Reading Bruce Ferber’s latest novel is like being told a great
tale from your favorite and funniest pal ― the one who really
seems to know stuff―the one you trust―the one who gets you when
nobody else does. Long live Paul.” — Jason Alexander
“Bruce Ferber’s prose is music to my ears. I Buried Paul is very
funny, and very insightful.” — John Densmore
“Bruce Ferber has captured lightning in a bottle, chronicling a
generation’s obsessive attachment to The Beatles. His love for
their music and legacy is evident on every page. And as the poets
said, ‘With a love like that you know it can’t be bad.’
(Yeah-yeah-yeah.)” — Bob Spitz, New York Times bestselling author
of The Beatles
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Publisher: The Story Plant
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Milestones are seldom what
they’re cracked up to be,
unless you’re a charmed
preppie who inherits the
Hallmark gene. My first time
kissing a girl turned out to
be a mercy stunt, engineered
by some douchey linebacker
on the junior varsity. The
most memorable thing about
getting my driver’s license
was that I had no car, and
my parents’ station wagon
was never available. When I
put on the cap and gown for
high school graduation, it
felt like I was going to a
Halloween party, dressed as
a fraud.
As I went on to achieve my
own versions of
milestones, none of them
would adhere to society’s
definitions or timetable.
Instead, they appeared out
of the blue like stealth
jack-in-the-boxes. How was
I to know that the fourth
kiss from my third
girlfriend would be the
portal to life-changing
sex? Or that on my first
solo plane trip at
eighteen, I’d be moved to
First Class and treated
like a VIP, despite having
accomplished nothing? Or
that shortly after the
plane touched down, I
would never again look at
the world the same way.
It’s not that I’m against
the element of surprise.
I’m just convinced it
would be a lot less
stressful to be the
Hallmark guy.