ARGONAUT BOOKS

Steely Dan's songs are exercises in fictional world-building. No one else in the classic-rock canon has conjured a more vivid cast of rogues and heroes, creeps and schmucks, lovers and dreamers and cold-blooded operators - or imbued their characters with so much humanity. 'Quantum Criminals' presents the world of Steely Dan as it has never been seen, much less heard. Artist Joan LeMay has crafted lively images of her favorite characters from the Daniverse to accompany writer Alex Pappademas's explorations of the famous and obscure songs that inspired each painting, in short essays full of cult...Read More