Carp Fishing on Valium

Graham Parker has released over 20 albums, including Squeezing Out Sparks, considered one of the great rock and roll albums of all time. Now, Graham stakes his claim in the literary world with Carp Fishing on Valium. Carp is the story of Brian Porker, an aging rock star, told in a series of episodes from his life: as a nature-loving lad who collects eggs; a high-living rock singer auditioning to replace the "newly deceased" Mick Jagger; and in his final guise as an ornithologist comedian. Witty, absurd, and keenly insightful, Carp Fishing on Valium has established Graham Parker on the literary scene in the same wickedly incisive way he turned rock on its ear.

Author Biography: Graham Parker, whose classic albums include Howlin' Wind, Heat Treatment, and Struck by Lightning, divides his time between the wilds of upstate New York and London.