Plumbum

Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.

A darkly comic Australian novel, Plumbum chronicles the misadventures of a heavy metal rock band navigating the murky, often absurd waters of the Australian music industry. David Foster, one of Australia's most intellectually ambitious and satirical novelists, presents a sprawling, raucous narrative that skewers the pretensions of rock culture with biting wit and irreverent humour. The story follows a cast of eccentric characters whose ambitions, rivalries, and delusions collide in a brilliantly chaotic portrait of artistic aspiration and commercial compromise. Written with Foster's characteristic density and linguistic invention, the novel argues that the pursuit of fame is as much a human comedy as it is a tragedy, making Plumbum a sharp and enduring satire of Australian culture in the late twentieth century.