| Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America Contributor(s): Acker, Kathy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802139205 ISBN-13: 9780802139207 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: Recently discovered and never before published, these two short novels were written in the early 1970s, at the beginning of Acker's writing career. Published together here, they reveal a young writer on a literary romp, imposing an original, sexy, and subversive world view that is unmistakably Acker. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002029415 |
| Series: Acker, Kathy |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.53 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recently discovered and never before published, these two short novels were written in the early 1970s, at the beginning of Kathy Acker's writing career. Rip-off Red reads as a kind of Raymond Chandler for bad girls, as Acker's typical literary playfulness transforms the genre conventions of detective fiction into a book that is simultaneously a mystery and a personal, raunchy, and politically astute account of life in New York City. The Burning Bombing of America is a dystopian vision of the destruction of America, combining crypto-Socialist class critique with the visceral surreality of the Book of Revelation. Published together here, they reveal a young writer on a literary romp, imposing an original, sexy, and subversive worldview that is unmistakably Acker. They are a perfect introduction to Acker's oeuvre and essential for all Acker readers. Kathy Acker's trancelike writing style peels away the layers of reality. -- San Francisco Chronicle America's most beloved transgressive novelist. -- Spin Acker is a postmodern Colette with echoes of Cleland's Fanny Hill. -- William S. Burroughs |