Checker and the Derailleurs is a 1988 novel by American novelist Lionel Shriver.
The novel, Shriver's second, follows the life of rock drummer Checker Secretti of the Derailleurs band as he goes through a series of relationships and social exchanges.[1] Shriver described the novel as influenced by her father's strongly religious values, with the plot "derived glaringly from the New Testament".[2]
People magazine reviewed the novel in 1988, concluding that "Shriver's breezy, hip style can be irritating; so can her slips into psychobabble. But Checker and the Derailleurs, like its beguiling protagonist, is hard to forget."[1] Publishers Weekly described the Checker "a boy so radiant that his creator has fallen in love with him. And so has the reader."[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Picks and Pans Review: Checker and the Derailleurs : People.com". www.people.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ Shriver, Lionel (2008-06-14). "My old man: Lionel Shriver". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ "Book Review: Checker and the Derailleurs by Lionel Shriver, Author Penguin Books $7.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-14-012058-5". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
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