Immaculate first printing of this journalistic exploration of the "amazing...and impossibly embarrassing" world of unaccompanied singing groups.
Fine in fine jacket.
Price: $45.00
"They stole the gloved one's choreography, and it's tough to argue with nine men pretending to be werewolves."<br /><br />"Shut up, kid...I run the show here. I don't have time for your a cappella music." (David Letterman)<br /><br />
Rapkin's sensational exposé of the gritty underbelly of collegiate a cappella ensembles, inspiration for the 2012 film loosely based on his book and starring Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson. The a cappella world, combining intense musical devotion with sportsmanlike loyalties, the ruthlessness of youth, and the inevitable peculiarities of a very niche subculture, provides the author with a wealth of material. A compelling window into a soap-operatic world of perfectionist alcoholics, soap-operatic interpersonal relationships and competitions turned "masturbatory, narcissistic parade[s]", all in service to a highly particular and genuine artistic ideal.
First edition. (New York): Gotham Books, (2008). 9'' x 6''. Original half cream cloth with maroon boards. In original unclipped ($26.00) dust jacket. [12], 275, [1] pages.
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