'High Fidelity': the Use and Misuse of Music for Life

By KEVIN J.H. DETTMAR

To date, rock 'n' roll has inspired only two great novels -- novels that to some extent convey what it's like to live in the music and for the music. One is Don DeLillo's Great Jones Street, the most compelling portrait yet of rock from the production side. The novel follows the attempts of a rock star, Bucky Wunderlick, to leave the life...