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Music from Big Pink

John Niven

★★★★☆

Review:

A novella from the perspective of a fictional drug dealer and friend of The Band during their early years. It’s depressing and most of the characters are unlikeable, but it frames the music in a pretty interesting story.

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  • Finished: 2010
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