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Editorial Review:
Camden Joy'ss hero is writing a quickie bio of rock star Liz Phair, but increasingly finds himself recounting his own troubled life. His ex-girlfriend (possibly Brian Jones's illegitimate daughter); Liz Phair (whom he'ss never met); and a mystery girl in an old photo all start to blur together. Joy'ss novel is a witty and cogent meditation on celebrity and obsession.
The Last Rock Star Book: Or Liz Phair, a Rant Reviews:
Along for the ride 
2008-07-16 - First off, there's not much Liz Phair in here. If that's what you're after, then go and get the rerelease of Exile in Guyville. Otherwise, it's a pretty good read, think airplane or beach novel, not far removed from the craziness of rock and roll. Or at least literary rock and roll.
This Book Is Seriously Deranged...And I Don't Mean That In A Good Way 
2005-10-21 - You know, I'm not gay or anything but I'm freaking in love with Liz Phair. Yep, admittedly. There you go, Hugh. It's true. And so when I saw her name attached to a novel, I thought, "Wow, cool, I think I'll read that." Listen, y'all, this dude, Camden Joy, is seriously tripping out here. This book has virtually nothing to do with Liz Phair and is more of his ranting brain-flushing sessions as he drives a hot car across Chicago in search of the greatest indy-rocker of the '90's. This was probably intended to be some sort of Burroughs/Kerouac experience for its time but it's more like a scary description of a non-artistic mental collapse. Good thing it's fiction. And, um, I was mostly kidding about the "in love with Liz Phair" part.
Mostly.
I want read and watch cartoons... 
2005-01-20 - Camden Joy offers us a book that will make you laugh, or think he's insane! A well writen romp through a dysfunctional relationship, and a mysterious missing kid sister. This book will give you something to think about like "Why would Sting brag about his billard skills in a song?" This book is actually isn't "about" Liz Phair,although she may or not be in there somewhere...
I often wonder..
The pictures (art work) are too hilarious to miss, reminds me a little of Vonnegut's pictures in breakfast of champions
I highly reccomend this book...
Author needs to get the wax out of his ears
2002-03-17 - As a Liz Phair fan, I was disappointed to see that Joy misquoted her lyrics so often, and I don't agree with his interpretation of her Exile in Guyville album. But the book is really fasciniating and I would highly recommend it to any fan, even though it doesn't have much to do with her.
One of the best "Rock Novels"
2001-05-02 - As a genre the "rock novel" is not only still in utero but perhaps to be stillborn since the music itself seems to be on the verge of "hitting the wall," as the saying goes. Yet Camden Joy is one of the finest exponents of this particular genre. Anyone familiar with his broadsheet screeds--the classic brief essays on Souled American come to mind--knows that he knows the music and that he knows how to write. I would say Liz Phair is number two on the Rock Novel list: intense, comprehensive, witty, innovative. And the first on the list? DeLillo's Great Jones Street, naturally. Also Sorrentino's great Sound on Sound, though that book shows nowhere near the level of accomplishment (though Joy shares with Sorrentino the conceit of a narrator working on a quickie bio of a rock star). Highly recommended.
