Checker and the Derailleurs is a 1988 novel by American novelist Lionel Shriver.
The novel, Shriver's second, follows the life of rock drummer Checker Secretti of the Derailleurs band as he goes through a series of relationships and social exchanges.
[1] Shriver described the novel as influenced by her father's strongly religious values, with the plot "derived glaringly from the New Testament".
[2] People magazine reviewed the novel in 1988, concluding that "Shriver's breezy, hip style can be irritating; so can her slips into psychobabble.
"[1] Publishers Weekly described the Checker "a boy so radiant that his creator has fallen in love with him.