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As you can see in the Discography shown below, the book’s major chapters, or “Sides” (like an old record, vinyl, get it?) are titled thematically using classic tunes.

Pepperland, set in the early 70s, is indeed a very musical novel, though it’s really about two very smart young people discovering what to do with their lives, getting into serious trouble, dealing with their pasts and falling in love. Hi there, Kate (and of course you guys reading this!). Pepperland is about missing information, missing people, missing guitars, paranoia, Q & A, brothers, revolution, Agents of the Federal Government, IBM, Hugh Hefner, a Dark Stranger, love, death and the search for it amidst the wreckage of recession-wracked, entropically rundown mid-seventies America. Pepperland is a ‘70s rock and roll race through the heartland of America-a love letter to the power of new-fangled computers and the importance of a guitar pick. She asks him-do you want to play your little rock ‘n’ roll songs or change the world? He says-both. Think the Ramones meet Jane Fonda meets Bill Gates-a love story-where one woman has all the power.

What happens when one revolution dies and a new one begins? Please take look, enjoy, and of course don’t forget to tell us what you think in the comments section! I have a little bit about the book below followed by the post by Barry. And as you all know, books and music are my two favorite things so it is no wonder why I absolutely love the discography for Pepperland. He has put together and incredibly awesome post for you all that includes a little bit about his book and all of the AMAZING music in it. I secondly want to give a very warm welcome to Barry Wightman, author of Pepperland.

We had some storms in our area this past week and I am just now getting my internet back on. Prior to all this, Wightman spent thirty years in high technology sales and marketing, with long experience in Asia and the Pacific.Hey there everyone! I first want to apologize for having this post up a day late. Barry Wightman’s Sound & Script LLC provides writers of all genres with a wide range of literary, editorial, and voiceover services. He is current president of the Wisconsin Writers Association and is Program Chair for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books.

A long-time reviewer for the Washington Independent Review of Books, Wightman is also a professional voiceover talent and a Milwaukee NPR award-winning essayist. He is a speaker, lecturer, and has taught at literary conferences and workshops around the country. He has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT, and spent five years as fiction editor of Hunger Mountain, a journal of the arts. Barry Wightman’s first novel, Pepperland, received a starred review on Booklist and won a 2014 Silver IPPY for best fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards.