Only Lovers Left Alive (novel)

It describes a near-future society in which all adults have committed suicide and teenagers are able to run wild.

With its theme of youth in charge and out of control, the book hit a chord with the emerging counter-culture, and a film adaptation starring the Rolling Stones and directed by Nicholas Ray was planned in the mid-1960s.

[1] Wallis was an English writer working as a supply teacher, with two previous novels, and he was in his late 40s when it came out.

[10] According to Billboard, Andrew Loog Oldham and Allen Klein were to produce, and the band would have received US$1 million.

[12] The novel lent its title to the 1981 album by The Wanderers, a new wave act featuring Stiv Bators and Dave Tregunna (both later of The Lords of the New Church),[13] a The (International) Noise Conspiracy song, and a 2006 song by English band The Long Blondes.

KMFDM's 2017 album, Hell Yeah, features a song, "Only Lovers", that mentions the title of the book in its chorus.