I loved it
It’s the early sixties, just before England starts to swing. Aspiring musician Paul finds himself out of a job when the singer in the rock’n’roll band in which he plays organ drops dead on stage. Meanwhile, beautiful seventeen-year-old Suzie, escaping her abusive father, decides to quit the sticks and head to the bright lights of London. Flash Chord tells the story of how Paul and Suzie meet and fall in and out of love, against a backdrop of the clubs, bars and strip joints of London’s Soho. Packed with memorable characters, in turns funny, touching and gritty, Flash Chord is an evocative tale of love stripped bare.
Amazon reviews
A cool and intimate story about the dodgy and dangerous underworld of early ’60s English strip clubs, used car hustling and the simmering, about-to-explode pop music scene in London and Hamburg as the transition from blues to Beatles takes place. Follows the paths of a stunning but too-young actress/model/stripper/escort and her on-again off-again struggling musician boyfriend as they bounce off their adopted “family” at a fancy strip club. Charming car thieves, underworld characters with a capital C and scamming band managers abound. The details convinced me the author was there. I loved it.