BIG TIME
by Jordan Prosser
Published by UQP.
Available now through all good booksellers.
In a not-too-distant future Australia, the eastern states have become the world’s newest autocracy – a place where pop music is propaganda, science is the enemy and moral indecency is punishable by indefinite detention.
Julian Ferryman, bass player for the Acceptables, returns to Melbourne after a year abroad and reconnects with his band to record their highly anticipated second album. On a whirlwind tour of the east coast, he gets hooked on a new designer drug, F, a powerful synthetic hallucinogen that gives users a glimpse of their own future. Rumour says, the more you take, the further you see… maybe even to the end of time.
Big Time is an anti-fascist ode to the power of pop music, wrapped up in an unforgettable, psychedelic road trip.
‘Big Time is pure punk. This insanely funny novel is a hallucinogenic rush: I wanted to inhale it and ride the high that comes in its wake.’
– Kris Kneen
‘This debut, with its tribute to pop music’s power to change the world, is a rollicking ride told by a master storyteller.’
– The Age