Mute is a story about rock n roll and the lies we tell to keep going - until we stop.

Dave Barbarossa was given his monicker by no less a music industry luminary than Malcolm McLaren, and from that point on it was clear that his was to be a life less ordinary. And so it has proved. Now with 'Mute' - his second novel that follows the success of his debut 'Mud Sharks' - the former drummer with Adam & the Ants, Bow Wow Wow and Republica draws on his long experience of both life itself, and more particularly a life on the road, to create a world that is authentic, heartfelt and full of insight.

The new novel 'Mute' also stands in the twilight liminal zone between fiction and reality, between fiction and autobiography and, despite the title, Dave has a lot to say. They say, 'write what you know', and in this searing and essential novel he has done just that.

Dave Barbarossa himself says of the book, ''Mute' is set in a band in the late '90s. Daniel is the keyboard player coerced by Torin, his coke-driven, misogynistic rich kid of a lead singer into destroying his band, loyalties and morals. Ultimately, redemption and justice prevail. The undercurrent in this story is Daniel's relationship with his mother, a damaged person, a liability, but with an unstinting love and care of him'.

'Mute' is a story about rock'n'roll, and the lies we tell ourselves to keep going - until we stop.

HARDCOVER, 274 pages.

Additional Details

Label: Astral Horizon Press

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 1 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/20/24

UPC: 9781739663087