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Eagan pulled off something incredible with this book: she set her novel in real music scenes like the Seventies punk scene in San Francisco and made them feel real. The story jumps from character to character, creating a web of social and professional interactions that shows how truly complicated, funny, and flawed the people in the music business can be. If you've ever looked at everyone at a concert instead of the person on stage and wondered what all of those people's lives are like - the staff, the crowd, the sound guy, the managers, the agents, the opening band - then this is the book for you.