{"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","brand":"Omnibus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496061866258,"sku":"9781844499564","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2710348a-3a47-4bef-8814-40883214d406.jpg?v=1730689922","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/groupie-9781844499564","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}