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|title=Red Army Faction Blues

|author=Ada Wilson

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=978-1901927481

|pages=256

|publisher=Route Publishing

|date=January 2012

|summary=Wilson has created here a place where worlds collide, firstly the worlds of the Red Army Faction of German terrorists in the 1960s and the world of the excesses of pop music in the same period, and then the world of fiction and history. While this fusion takes some work on the part of the reader, ultimately it is a revealing and entertaining exploration of both dimensions.

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But the aspect of the novel which gives it a radically additional dimension from the 'factional' insider account of the events in 60's Germany is the intriguing evidence that the mental breakdown of Peter Green, ex-guitarist of Fleetwood Mac, came shortly after his visit to Berlin where he met with members of the group. The mystery of these events takes Wilson/Urbach into a parallel investigation of pop music and commercialism, of the fame and drug-fuelled egotism of the rock star, and to the connection between the world of music and politics which was so evident in the 1960s. It is a thought-provoking direction to take, and raises questions about the mix of politics, alienation, drugs and music that was encapsulated by Berlin in 1967.

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