A debut novel, told from various first-person narratives, about Rachel Ganelli, a 27-year-old New Yorker rooming with an Australian rock band called the Tall Poppies. In order to reinvigorate the band`s popularity, the bassist comes up with a plot in which the drummer, Stuart, appears to be gunned down by Australian drug lords at a video shoot. When Stuart turns up in America, it falls to Rachel to assist him in breaking his drug addictions. These and other offbeat adventures play out in humorous, quirky fashion. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.