The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah

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An argument between two stubborn men is the fuse that puts the sixtiesand much of modern cultureinto motion.

Watch with wonder as underground comics, paperback bookstores, food politics, new age publishing, domestic bombers, used records, and poster art all grow out of the same Big Bang. Aaron Cometbus presents the social history of one of the worlds most storied streetsTelegraph Avenueand a search for his hometowns broken heart.

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"Cometbus is no navel-gazer. He questions what community is, over and over, in different ways--angrily or jokingly, but always with a sober and informed wit"
--SF Weekly

Author Bio

Aaron Cometbus has written seven novels and published the fanzine Cometbus since 1981.