The Drummer

By Anthony Neil Smith

2006

First Published

3.71

Average Rating

282

Number of Pages

8H33M

Audio Length

“A fun read about drugs, rock and roll, brawls, and banging (drums, groupies, and otherwise).”— Publishers Weekly “[Anthony Neil] Smith writes with force and clarity.”—Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune The 80s hair-metal band Savage Night is in debt. The Drummer fakes his death and disappears to New Orleans. Fifteen years later, the Singer finds him, hoping to convince the Drummer of a reunion tour and second shot at glory. A stiff cocktail of crotch-grabbing hair metal and New Orleans noir. Anthony Neil Smith is the author of Psychosomatic and was co-editor of the crime fiction journal Plots With Guns .

Avg Rating

3.71

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

23%

4 STARS

37%

3 STARS

28%

2 STARS

1 STARS

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Author

Anthony Neil Smith

Author · 11 books

I write crime novels. PSYCHOSOMATIC, THE DRUMMER, plus the Billy Lafitte series—YELLOW MEDICINE, HOGDOGGIN', THE BADDEST ASS, and HOLY DEATH—and the Mustafa & Adem series—ALL THE YOUNG WARRIORS and ONCE A WARRIOR, in addition to WORM, CHOKE ON YOUR LIES, and SLOW BEAR. Next up: THE BUTCHER'S PRAYER (Sept 21) and TROOPER DOWN! (later in 22). CASTLE DANGER: WOMAN ON ICE and THE MENTAL STATES, and THE CYLCIST are available as ebooks out from BE Ebooks. My entry in Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin's DEAD MAN series, COLDER THAN HELL, was published by 47North in January, '13. I'm an English Professor at Southwest Minnesota State University. I'm one of the founders of the crime webzine PLOTS WITH GUNS. I like tacos. I like biking. I had a heart attack at 40. I'm good now.