Rupert Holmes at Booksmith

Rupert Holmes --- reading and booksigning for "Swing"
Thursday, March 24th at 7:00 pm
at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street)

In Rupert Holmes' new novel, "Swing," music and mystery go hand in
hand. Set in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1940, this is a story of a
murder at the Golden Gate International Exposition. It is also the
story of Ray, a big-band musician who gets drawn into a complex mystery
that will require all his nerve and improvisational ingenuity. "Swing"
is accompanied by a CD, (with music written by the Grammy and Tony
Award winning author), which contains clues to the solution of the
book's seductive mystery.

Rupert Holmes is a man of many accomplishments. Twice a recipient of
the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Edgar Award, Holmes' first
novel, "Where The Truth Lies," has been made into a major motion
picture by director Atom Egoyan starring Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, and
Alison Lohman. Holmes' Broadway musical, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood,"
won five Tony Awards. He also created and wrote all four seasons of the
Emmy Award-winning television series "Remember WENN." In the 1980's, he
scored a smash hit with "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)." And let's not
forget that infamous 1970's hit about cannibalism in a mine shaft,
"Timothy."

Author events are free and located at our San Francisco store (1644
Haight Street in San Francisco, between Clayton & Cole). For further
information, call 415-863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com If you can't
attend an event and would like to purchase an autographed book, please
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