Discotheque

STEVEN GAINES
Discotheque

Hamlyn, Feltham, 1978
(price: 85p; 228 pages)

dedication: For all the people who taught me how to dance, and for Ruth and Iz, who paid for most of the lessons

The blurb on the back:

Sometimes there were three thousand people dancing - a sea of hot, undulating bodies chained to sound and light.
The Contessa - She was looking for her dream man, and found a nightmare.
Bobby DJ - A brilliant young disc jockey hooked on cocaine. His arrogance made him some dangerous enemies.
Maurice Cameron - He owned the place, and was now in the big time. He had only one real problem: the mob.
Fogerty - A dangerous sex criminal who liked to stalk his quarry in the crowded darkness.
Michelle - Beautiful and sexy, she was a perfect target for Fogerty.
And there were many others who shared the terrifying excitement of it all. Their stories are here in this big, pulsating novel set in the dazzling half-world of the disco.

Not a bad book as it happens: tidily written, fairly convincing characters, all that sort of stuff. Unfortunately it's also very dull, mostly because I don't care about any of these people. But it's a damn fine title for a novel.

ARTISTIC MERIT: 2/5
ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: 1/5
HIPNESS QUOTIENT: 3/5

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