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| − | + | Dead pop star from the 1964 novel ''The Trojan Hearse'' by Richard S. Prather. The novel is one of a series of some 30 novels featuring hard-boiled detective [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Scott Shell Scott]. He's a Johnny Troy fan: "I could listen for hours to the golden notes, the sweet sad sound, the richly magnificent tone and phrasing of the voice of Johnny Troy." (p.6) | |
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| + | Johnny Troy - America's top pop singer - was dead. Resting peacefully six foot under. | ||
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Until his fans dug him up in a fury and tore the corpse limb from limb. | Until his fans dug him up in a fury and tore the corpse limb from limb. | ||
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Why? They had learned the sordid truth about the boy with the golden voice. | Why? They had learned the sordid truth about the boy with the golden voice. | ||
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And the effect of that incident threatened a national ejection, stirred up the Mafia and brought Shell Scott bang into the most incredible case of his life. | And the effect of that incident threatened a national ejection, stirred up the Mafia and brought Shell Scott bang into the most incredible case of his life. | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Scott | ||
| + | *http://www.trashfiction.co.uk/trojan_hearse.html | ||
| − | + | [[Category:1964|Troy, Johnny]] | |
| + | [[Category:Novels|Troy, Johnny]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Pop|Troy, Johnny]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:27, 25 June 2019
Dead pop star from the 1964 novel The Trojan Hearse by Richard S. Prather. The novel is one of a series of some 30 novels featuring hard-boiled detective Shell Scott. He's a Johnny Troy fan: "I could listen for hours to the golden notes, the sweet sad sound, the richly magnificent tone and phrasing of the voice of Johnny Troy." (p.6)
Blurb:
Johnny Troy - America's top pop singer - was dead. Resting peacefully six foot under.
Until his fans dug him up in a fury and tore the corpse limb from limb.
Why? They had learned the sordid truth about the boy with the golden voice.
And the effect of that incident threatened a national ejection, stirred up the Mafia and brought Shell Scott bang into the most incredible case of his life.
