{"product_id":"groupie-9781844499564","title":"Groupie","description":"\u003cp\u003eFabian and Byrne's story of 19-year-old Katie and her unswerving commitment to sex, drugs \u0026amp; rock 'n' roll now takes its rightful place as a key novel of the Sixties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eGroupie\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1969 it caused a sensation. The Swingin' Sixties capacity to outrage may have been starting to decline, but this novel managed to shock all over again. A thinly fictionalised chronicle of Jenny Fabian's adventures with underground rock heroes of her day, \u003cem\u003eGroupie\u003c\/em\u003e caused a furore for all kinds of reasons...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt had the scent of danger that accompanies an authentic original...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt ruffled feathers with its matter of fact descriptions of drug taking and sexual high jinks...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt prompted guessing games about the true identities of its principal characters...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost of all, it was highly explicit about a phenomenon that had never before been documented...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, this book is still extraordinarily fresh and playing the celebrity guessing game is still fun. \u003cem\u003eGroupie\u003c\/em\u003e is also the genuine article - no reconstruction of Sixties underground rock culture has ever captured the Zeitgeist as well as this novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes an introduction by Jonathan Green.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnibus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844499564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.48d","brand":"Jenny Fabian, Johnny Byrne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44792513233077,"sku":"9781844499564","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9adc4b25-19b7-41ee-bb12-b9afb6f59043.jpg?v=1731426442","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/groupie-9781844499564","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}