The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
'Lovely and lyrical, warm and wonderful' KILEY REID
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
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André De Shields, Bahni Turpin, David Sadzin, Dennis Boutsikaris, Fiona Hardingham, Gabra Zackman, George Newbern, Inés del Castillo, Jackie Sanders, James Langton, Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Pete Simonelli, Priya Ayyar
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Dawnie Walton
'Lovely and lyrical . . . warm and wonderful' KILEY REID
'An absolutely brilliant book' SARA COLLINS
A queen of punk before her time. A duo on the brink of stardom. A night that will define their story for ever.
Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, a Black punk artist before her time. Despite her unconventional looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her one night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together.
In early seventies New York City, just as she's finding her niche as part of a flamboyant and funky creative scene, a rival band signed to her label brandishes a Confederate flag at a promotional concert. Opal's bold protest and the violence that ensues set off a chain of events that will not only change the lives of those she loves, but also be a deadly reminder that repercussions are always harsher for women, especially Black women, who dare to speak their truth.
Decades later, as Opal considers a 2016 reunion with Nev, music journalist S. Sunny Shelton seizes the chance to curate an oral history about her idols. Sunny thought she knew most of the stories leading up to the cult duo's most politicized chapter, but as her interviews dig deeper, a nasty new allegation from an unexpected source threatens everything.
Provocative and haunting, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev introduces a bold new name in contemporary fiction and a heroine the likes of which we've not seen in storytelling.
'As musical and revolutionary in tone and structure as it is in content . . . it tells the truth. A truth that bangs' JASON REYNOLDS
'A marvelous musical tale of friendship, betrayal, and the power that comes with self-reclamation. This story will stay with me for many years to come' LAYLA SAAD
'Fantastic. What I love most of all about this book, though, is the way Walton quite literally inserts a strong, bold Black rock musician into a history that's often discouraged us from shining, or from even entering at all. Magical' ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS
'A packed time capsule that doubles as a stick of dynamite' NEW YORK TIMES
'An absorbing tale bursting with colour' COSMOPOLITAN
'One of the books of the year' STYLIST
'An utterly fresh take on finding one's voice' O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE
(P)2021 Simon & Schuster Audio©2021 Dawnie Walton
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Lovely and lyrical; a warm and wonderful intersection between journalism and fiction. This is a novel you'll want to read out loud. It's made for readers and music lovers who find themselves wishing that Behind The Music was still on the air
Dawnie Walton's The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev is one of the most immersive novels I've ever read. This is largely because of Walton's skill at letting so many people talk in so many different ways. Voices are marshalled from across America, and then across the Atlantic, and blended seamlessly into a tale about black culture, black women, American capitalism. This is a thrilling work of polyphony -- a first novel, that reads like the work of an old hand
Incredible. There was a moment while reading when the volume of the world went on mute, for me. An absolutely brilliant book
Like the best fiction, it feels truer and more mesmerizing than some true stories. It's a packed time capsule that doubles as a stick of dynamite
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is as musical and revolutionary in tone and structure as it is in content. It delves into the complexities of the creative life, specifically as it pertains to Black women, and instead of shying away or egg-shelling, it does what every good book does: tells the truth. A truth that bangs. That shrieks. A siren song to shatter what we've known of the novel. Things won't ever be the same after this. And I'm so happy Dawnie Walton has arrived
My heart races thrillingly every time I think about Opal & Nev! A marvelous musical tale of friendship, betrayal, and the power that comes with self-reclamation. This story will stay with me for many years to come
Fantastic. I so desperately wanted Opal Jewel to have existed; I wanted to have experienced her music first-hand. What I love most of all about this book, though, is the way Walton quite literally inserts a strong, bold Black rock musician into a history that's often discouraged us from shining, or from even entering at all. Magical
A dazzling debut
By turns playful and serious, and always wonderfully entertaining, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fascinating account of a woman's search for her father and of the music business in the 1960s and early 70s. The immensely gifted Dawnie Walton creates a vivid chorus of voices as she tells the story of Opal's journey from a church in Detroit to the stage in New York where everything changes. This novel rocks.
I’ve read Daisy Jones and The Six and they are both quite different stories. Give it a go - you won’t be disappointed!
Just brilliant
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Opal and Nev never had that effect on me, neither the characters nor their music ever really came to life. Even Opal. who's supposed to be this fierce and inspiring woman, a regular force of nature, remained as bland and two-dimensional as all the other characters, only with more fashion sense. Speaking of which - her outrageous stage outfits, her accessories, her make-up and headdress are described over and over again, more often than not in great detail. I'm not particularly interested in fashion even in real life, and Virgil going on and on about his 'pieces' regularly bored me to tears. Not that the other (not clothes-related) parts were interesting. I found it hard to stay focused on the story, and it took me over a week to finish the book. The multiple footnotes and editor's notes didn't help, I found them distracting, and Sonny didn't really add anything to the actual story.
The narrators were well chosen for their parts and did an okay job. I didn't enjoy listening to them, though. If I don't care about a character (and I didn't care about any of the characters in this book), I don't care about their voice either.
Didn't work for me
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