Booked On Rock

"Queensborough Rock"/Stephen Shaiken [Episode 122]


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Stephen Shaiken is here to talk about his rock and roll novel titled Queensborough Rock - the story of a young struggling rock and roll manager Jack Bernstein who lives in New York City.

It’s the year 1971. Jack doesn’t have a fancy office in Manhatten. He doesn’t have a flashy car and back stage passes. Instead, he works out of a basement apartment in working class Queens and drives around looking for hidden talent in a beat down Volvo. The talent he does steal gets stolen by Manhatten agents he calls “sharks”. To finance a demo tape for his top talent, he had to borrow from a loan shark and pawn a friend’s guitar. But the tape fails to land a deal and Jack is running out of chances. His last hope is an offer from a friendly Queens mobster. Jack is asked to manage his obnoxious nephew as best as he can. If he does, doors will open.

Stephen is a veteran writer of fiction, both short stories and novels and he says all of his work is based on his life, places he’s been and events he’s witnessed. So what was it that inspired this latest book Queensborough Rock? We’re about to find out!

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