{"product_id":"dashboard-elvis-is-dead-by-david-f-ross-9781914585401","title":"Dashboard Elvis is Dead","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDashboard Elvis is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e: A failed writer connects the murder of an American journalist, a drowned '80s musician, and a Scottish politician’s resignation in a heart-wrenching novel about ordinary people living in extraordinary times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A dazzling, time-hopping patchwork of pop and politics, sewn together with wit and compassion’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003eKirstin Innes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘This amiable and ambitious transatlantic extravaganza is a busy social tapestry pegged to real-life events in Scotland and the US … Ross’s affection for his characters shines through. There’s so much going on here that value for money is pretty much all but guaranteed’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A mesmerising road trip through the America of Kerouac, Warhol and Reagan. \u003ci\u003eDashboard Elvis\u003c\/i\u003e may be dead, but this book is full of vibrant, authentic, colourful life’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003eStuart Cosgrove\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid F. Ross was shortlisted for Scottish Fiction Book of the Year in the Scottish Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRenowned photo-journalist Jude Montgomery arrives in Glasgow in 2014, in the wake of the failed Scottish independence referendum, and it’s clear that she’s searching for someone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIs it Anna Mason, who will go on to lead the country as First Minister? Jamie Hewitt, guitarist from eighties one-hit wonders The Hyptones? Or is it Rabbit – Jude’s estranged foster sister, now a world-famous artist?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree apparently unconnected people, who share a devastating secret, whose lives were forever changed by one traumatic night in Phoenix, forty years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking us back to a school shooting in her Texas hometown, and a 1980s road trip across the American West – to San Francisco and on to New York – Jude’s search ends in Glasgow, and a final, shocking event that only one person can fully explain…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary, gritty, and tender novel about fate and destiny, regret and absolution – and a road trip that changes everything…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Few do raw, authentic, almost palpably believable characters better than David F. Ross’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A masterclass in transatlantic intertwining storytelling from one of Scotland’s finest writers’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003eDerek Steel, \u003ci\u003eRazur Cuts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A rich and rewarding novel that takes in the culture and social history of both Scotland and the USA, beautifully weaving stories together over decades … devastating’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003eAlistair Braidwood, \u003ci\u003eScots Whay Hae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘An ambitious, sweeping novel … Taut and gritty, \u003ci\u003eDashboard Elvis Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates truth, and pulses with life’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003eDonna McLean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘An irresistible story of chances taken and missed, and of last-ditch hopes of redemption … the writing is exquisite’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003eKatie Allen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Gripping, gritty, and gloriously written, David F. Ross captures characters, places, and moods like few other writers … a triumph of a novel’\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cb\u003eMartin Geissler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A rawness and sensitivity that is so visceral … another extraordinary novel from David F. 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