Showing results for "Karaoke" in Literature & Fiction

Wie tanzt man als Pinguin "Die Eroberung des Nordpols" im Volksballett-Kollektiv? Um dem Geheimnis der Musik und ihrer Völker verbindenden Kraft auf den Grund zu gehen, taucht Kaminer tief ein in die Phänomene sozialistischer Verbrüderungslieder sowie in die seiner berühmten Russendisko...

A year after forest fires ravaged the town of Crow Valley and claimed the life of Dale Jepson―karaoke legend, local prison guard, and all-around good guy―the community hosts a high-stakes karaoke competition. But when a convicted murderer escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, residents discover there’s more on the line than local, perhaps even national, karaoke fame.

What happens when a thirty-something, newly divorced man discovers courage and adventure, thanks to a karaoke contest? In Adventures of the Karaoke King, Harold Taw introduces us to Guy Watanabe, a man marginally aware of his Asian background and decidedly unaware of how poorly he has planned for his future. In this riotous, often thoughtful, and always entertaining novel, readers are taken on a memorable journey that crosses America, Asia, and back, with the last leg spent in a shipping container.