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Two sides of a dream ending
GOODNIGHT STEVE MCQUEEN (US) (Mar 2005)
Posted by Jonathan Tully at July 20, 2006 02:18 PM(excerpt)
The main character in Goodnight Steve McQueen, the first novel written by Louise Wener, is on the other side of the question of whether to give up. Danny McQueen (his real first name is Steve) is a guitarist in a London three-piece called Dakota that always seems just around the corner from the big break. Danny’s girlfriend has bigger things in mind for him than working at the video store and playing the small-club gig, and basically lays it down for him – either score a record deal or quit music.
Danny and his bandmates make one last, huge push, with some quite hilarious results at times. Wener -- who was the lead singer of Sleeper, a fairly successful Britpop band in the U.K. -- is at her best when Danny is dealing with the other two guys in Dakota, Dexys Midnight Runners-obsessed lead singer Vince and affable, naïve drummer Matty.
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