Plastic Jesus edition by Poppy Z Brite Literature Fiction eBooks
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The 1960's brought Seth and Payton all they'd fantasized about—perfect friendships, a successful four-man band, and most importantly, each other. Together they embarked on a tour that brought them stimulating highs and shattering lows, and they prospered and suffered in one another's arms. The two men carried each other and carried a group that created both a history and a future for rock. But at some point their music blurred with the news of their love and the world was faced with the choice to embrace its heroes or revert back to its deep-rooted prejudices.
Plastic Jesus edition by Poppy Z Brite Literature Fiction eBooks
I can completely see where this was a blueprint for a full on novel, and wish it was. Being a Beatle fan, and knowing the premise, I longed for more story and found myself pondering detail that could have been added. After reading about the book for some time, I was thrilled to be able to read it myself.Product details
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Plastic Jesus edition by Poppy Z Brite Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Poppy Z. Brite has previous documented in her book of essays, "Guilty But Insane" that one of her must abiding fantasies was that John Lennon and Paul McCartney were lovers. In "Plastic Jesus," Brite takes this fantasy and turns it into a fictionalized novella that is quite a departure from her previous work.
"Plastic Jesus" tells the story of the rock band The Kydds, who have become the greatest rock band in the world. The group's most influential members, Seth and Peyton, are incredible music partners, and eventually become sexual partners as well. Their openly gay relationship knocks open doors in the 1960's, making the world rethink it's prejudice. All of this comes to a tragic end when Seth is murdered, and Peyton is left alone to tell his story.
This novella does a very good job of creating the late 60's atmosphere, and the characters are exquisitely drawn, always something you can count on with Poppy Z. Brite. Essential for fans of her work, "Plastic Jesus" is probably most enjoyed by those who possess a knowledge of The Beatles and their history, and an open mind.
Poppy Z. Brite is back with a short novel from Subterranean Press. It's called Plastic Jesus and it will probably be more than a little controversial. It opens with the assassination of a rock singer in New York. He had been a member of a British rock group in the 1960s and even after the group split up, his fame continued. One reason for the group splitting up (not the only reason) was that the group as a whole was unable to cope with the intensity of the love affair between this man and the other major songwriter in the group. Their homosexual love started to loom larger than the music. The pressures broke up the group, but it didn't break the love between the two songwriters - they continued to make music together and on the night that he was gunned down, his lover was in the car and he saw everything. What happens now, asks the novel? How will the survivor cope with losing his lover, his best friend, the man with whom he made such beautiful music?
The premise isn't true, of course. John and Paul weren't lovers (as far as we know) and the Beatles split as much for financial as for personality reasons. But it makes a fascinating speculation all the same. What if John and Paul really had been lovers? Would it have made a difference to the music, a difference to their lives (and indirectly to ours)?
I vividly remember the day John Lennon was shot. I remember going into work that day feeling quite numb. And one of my work colleagues sat all day at her desk just sobbing quietly, but uncontrollably.
Poppy Z. Brite was only thirteen when John died. She was really a generation too young for the Beatles and their music. But that didn't stop her and she loved them dearly. She has a copy of a quirky little self portrait that John once drew tattooed on her left bicep.
Plastic Jesus is her intriguing speculation about what might have been and it is her homage to the ideas and ideals of a very great man. She's done a wonderful job and written a very moving story.
Picked up this book yesterday at the library. Didn’t even read the description. Just saw the author’s name, the title, and the psychedelic cover art and prepared to have my mind blown proper.
But that’s not what was delivered here. This story is basically a reimagining of the story of The Beatles that posits what would’ve happened if John Lennon and Paul McCartney had been gay lovers as well as bandmates. Now, this isn’t to say this was LITERALLY The Beatles in the book, but rather a fictional proxy. The band was named Kydds and John and Paul became Seth and Peyton. But their journey from their working-class English beginnings to pop superstars who changed the face of music very much mirrors the general story of the Fab Four.
But where this story diverges, and what is the heart of the entire piece, is the love that blossoms, not just between two men (though they just happen to both be men) but between two souls so perfectly complimentary, to be anything BUT lovers would’ve been a travesty.
The book opens with Seth’s death by gunshot wound (ala John Lennon) at the hands of a crazy Christian extremist who disapproves of Seth and Peyton’s relationship. From there we leap backwards as Peyton recounts how these two men came together and reshaped the world around their love.
In Brite’s afterword, she minces no words in proclaiming her love for The Beatles, and basically says that was the inspiration for the book. I guess you can even say this is on the fringes of erotic fan fiction, except it’s not very erotic or sexually explicit – yet somehow the sense of LOVE and EMPATHY it is trying to convey shines through every paragraph like a lighthouse cutting through the fog.
This isn’t normally the kind of book I like to read. I like my fiction to be a bit…weirder. Or maybe not weirder, but full of more twists and turns and unexpected plot points. But it must’ve been her writing style that transfixed me, because I sat down with this book and read it straight through, start to finish, in one sitting.
Yeah, I enjoyed it.
It was fine for what it was. You can immediately tell it is influenced by the Beatles which are as always amazing.
I can completely see where this was a blueprint for a full on novel, and wish it was. Being a Beatle fan, and knowing the premise, I longed for more story and found myself pondering detail that could have been added. After reading about the book for some time, I was thrilled to be able to read it myself.
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