Wunderkind Global Entertainment’s legendary British rock superstar, Kip McKool, is burnt out. Using laser cosmetic surgery, the company transforms Lex, an 18-year old punk rocker, into an exact replica of Kip. But intense brainwashing fails to erase Lex’s identity, and he is forced to play the rock superstar he loathes. On a riot-torn, polarizing tour through an America struggling with war, depression, terrorism, and environmental catastrophe, Lex destroys Wunderkind’s clean reputation. But he can barely control the turmoil in his own soul—who is he, really? A caustic satire of the “star is born” myth, in a world made of our worst fears for the future, Frankenrocker blends horror, sci-fi, and rock and roll into an homage to a horror classic, and asks what happens when image overwhelms identity in the pop culture of the future. The answer is in the novel’s shocking climax.
FRANKENROCKER
The future of rock and roll—straight from the lab.
Wunderkind Global Entertainment’s legendary British rock superstar, Kip McKool, is burnt out. Using laser cosmetic surgery, the company transforms Lex, an 18-year old punk rocker, into an exact replica of Kip. But intense brainwashing fails to erase Lex’s identity, and he is forced to play the rock superstar he loathes. On a riot-torn, polarizing tour through an America struggling with war, depression, terrorism, and environmental catastrophe, Lex destroys Wunderkind’s clean reputation. But he can barely control the turmoil in his own soul—who is he, really? A caustic satire of the “star is born” myth, in a world made of our worst fears for the future, Frankenrocker blends horror, sci-fi, and rock and roll into an homage to a horror classic, and asks what happens when image overwhelms identity in the pop culture of the future. The answer is in the novel’s shocking climax.
