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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (novel)

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (novel)

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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is a novel by Michael Moorcock published in 1980.

First edition (publ. Virgin Books)

Plot summary

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is a novel in which Jerry Cornelius and the Sex Pistols cause anarchy in the U.K.[1]

Reception

Greg Costikyan reviewed The Great Rock n Roll Swindle in Ares Magazine #12 and commented that "There are some amusing moments in Swindle [...] especially when Bakunin and the Ukrainian anarchist Makhno criticize the hedonistic decadence of what punkers claim is 'anarchy.'"[1]

Reviews

  • Review by Richard E. Geis (1980) in Science Fiction Review, August 1980
  • Review by Joseph Nicholas (1981) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 5

References

  1. [1]
    Costikyan, Greg (January 1982). "Books". Ares Magazine (12). Simulations Publications, Inc.: 26.
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