a wonderfully hilarious tome geared towards my mother's generation, but wonderfully enjoyed by me!

Tim Sandlin finds himself back near the top of his game in this, his seventh novel. It's his second foray into third-person narrative and it works much better than the hit-or-miss Honey Don't. The plot revolves around an insurrection by a group of aging baby boomers who attempt to stage a takeover of their California assisted-living facility. This gives Sandlin plenty of room for high comedy as well as simultaneously poking fun at and showing heartfelt admiration for the 60's generation.

In the end, it turns out to be a classic mix of Sandlin's best elements--a great plot, hilarious comic turns all backed up by a heart of gold and some truly touching moments.

Baby boomers living in a retirement community in California take things into their own hands and overthrow the dictatorial director.

i adore this story. sandlin is again witty and brilliant. the story takes place 40 years from now in a nursing home. the people living there are hippies from the 60s and they have one amazing adventure. it is super funny.

I learned of Tim Sandlin through the humor author Christopher Moore. I did a little research on Sandlin and decided to give one of his novels a try. I was not disappointed. "Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty" is at times clever, humorous, and ultimately touching. Many of the reviews have disparaged the ending. However, I felt it was massively apropos and true to the tricks of life. Great success and highs are followed by lows and heartache. And time keeps marching on.
Although some of the characters are underdeveloped, and the novel has a few too many digressions for my taste, it is overall a satisfying read. Not only that, but there were some profound revelations about the nature of life, including this line from a character; "Beauty is heartbreaking and heartbreak is life-affirming, therefore beauty is a heartbreaking form of life affirmation." Words that only those who have lived can truly appreciate.
I will say, that I did not find the novel as funny as Mr. Moore's novels, but what humor there was seemed appropriate and fit the scene. Sandlin tried hard to steer clear of shtick, and I for one appreciate the attempt. I will definitely investigate more of Sandlin's novels.

A futuristic One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest set in a nursing home where residents are divided along 1960s political lines. Some hilarious moments.

actually this book pretty much stunk--i thought i'd turn eighty trying to finish it.

Mixture of humor & sadness.

Funny, touching, radical, mind-expanding. An enjoyable, well-crafted summer read engaging the lived experienced of aging and the social management of the elderly, imagined through the not-too-distant future of twilight years of the generation of the summer of love reconnecting to the past of its youth. The chance addition of a retiree from Oklahoma to a California assisted care facility otherwise inhabited by former hippies and radicals from NY, SF and Berkeley sets off a chain of events leading to dramatic--if Viagra and LSD assisted--climax.

This novel was a fast ride down memory lane. Lots of popular culture references from the sixties and seventies made every page a flashback. All the characters you may remember from those tie-dyed years make an appearance, and the truth is they haven't changed much; they've gotten a little saggier, a little more weathered, more experienced than Jimi, a little sadder, and a lot more funny. Just for managing such a grand cast of characters so well, Sandlin should receive a banner of peace signs. This one is a great absorbing read.

Fair novel about old hippies in a retirement home rebelling. Too over the top for me, finished it only because I was reading it for a book club. Not funny.

The premise is a good one. What will happen to the baby boomers who are getting older and older even if we don't want to admit it?

Not the perfect book, but a nice read. And something to reflect on!