Scott Alarik’s novel Revival is much more than a great fictional
take on the world of folk music from an insider. This love story set
in and around Harvard Square belongs in the larger world of American
music and letters. Alarik has crafted authentic characters and drawn a
graceful line along what Paul Simon called “the arc of a love affair.”
The characters are wiser in the end, and the reader is richer.
Congratulations, Scott; like the best folk songs, this book should
reach many people and travel far.
take on the world of folk music from an insider. This love story set
in and around Harvard Square belongs in the larger world of American
music and letters. Alarik has crafted authentic characters and drawn a
graceful line along what Paul Simon called “the arc of a love affair.”
The characters are wiser in the end, and the reader is richer.
Congratulations, Scott; like the best folk songs, this book should
reach many people and travel far.
by John Gorka, Singer/songwriter