The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (novel)

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is a novel by Michael Moorcock published in 1980.

Plot summary

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is a novel in which Jerry Cornelius and the Sex Pistols cause anarchy in the U.K.

Reception

Greg Costikyan reviewed The Great Rock n Roll Swindle in Ares Magazine #12 and commented that "There are some amusing moments in Swindle [...] especially when Bakunin and the Ukrainian anarchist Makhno criticize the hedonistic decadence of what punkers claim is 'anarchy.'"

Reviews

• Review by Richard E. Geis (1980) in Science Fiction Review, August 1980
• Review by Joseph Nicholas (1981) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 5

References

1. The Great Swindle
2. List of Fame (1982 TV series) episodes
3. Sex Pistols
4. Nik Russian con
5. Lonely Boy
6. Mary Millington
7. Great Train Robbery (1963)
8. Don Boyd
9. Jerry Cornelius
10. Punk subculture
11. Jeremy Thomas
12. Sting (musician)
13. Michael Nesmith
14. Absolute Beginners (film)
15. Bow Wow Wow
16. Michael Moorcock
17. Carcass (band)
18. Punk fashion
19. Eternal Champion
20. Russ Meyer