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With Strings Attached, or The Big Pink Job

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A wonderful novel over 25 years in the making, "With Strings Attached" is a great read for Beatles fans, lovers of fan fiction and afficionados of epic fantasy! Aviva Rothschild spent the better part of 29 years working on this book, and the care and love and attention to detail shows in every page! Featuring the Beatles like you have never seen (or possibly imagined) them before, the story takes you to a world unlike any other and sets our heroes on a quest that stays with the reader long after the final page is finished.

I first found this story in its incarnation on the Web many years ago, when it was still unfinished. The completed result was more than worth the wait, as it is captivating and so well-written! Definitely NOT just another example of "average" (or, more accurately, below-average") fan fiction, it is clearly a labor of love by the author -- love for the Beatles, of course, but also love for her chosen genre as she flawlessly executes a fine example of a genre that can be very difficult to work in believably. Those who think there is nothing new under the fantasy sun will be pleasantly surprised. The world of C'hou is fully realized, and the characters that populate it ring true.

Don't let the size of the volume daunt you -- once you pick up this book you will not want to put it down -- and you will be eagerly awaiting a sequel!