Veritas

By Pete Quaife,

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1 author picked Veritas as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Pete Quaife, co-founder and original bass player of the Kinks, based this novel on his experiences growing up in post World War 2 England and on forming a rock band in the early 1960s.

Veritas first appeared in 2011 but was released in this collector’s edition in 2023. (Full disclosure: I was friends with the author and wrote the foreword for this latest edition.)

If you are interested in the music scene in the 1960s you will thoroughly enjoy Veritas. Quaife tells the story of the fictional Elmores, a fledging band struggling to learn their instruments, to stabilize group…

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