| Kid Stuff Contributor(s): Walmsley, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1551521539 ISBN-13: 9781551521534 Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2004 Annotation: It's the summer before the Summer of Love in the 1960s. A small rural town. Beer, fights, boredom, sex. Kid stuff. With an unwavering eye, Tom Walmsley captures perfectly the essence of small-town kids up to no good, if only because it is the only thing they can know. Fero-cious and unabating, "Kid Stuff "is a bittersweet opera about a time and place that is both then and now. Praise for Tom Walmsley: "Shades reads like a cross-between Jim Thompson and William Peter Blatty. . . a work of squalid genius."-"The Globe & Mail" "Shades is a funny, sexy, and inventive read-a vicious social satire in the tradition of Jonathan Swift and William Burroughs."-"Books in Canada" Tom Walmsley won the first Three-Day Novel contest in 1979 with his novel "Doctor Tin"; its sequel, "Shades," which also contained the original novel, was published in 1992. He's also the author of the poetry collections "Lexington Hero "and "Rabies"; the plays "The Jones Boy," "Blood "and "Something Red"; and the screenplay of the film "Paris, France," He lives in Toronto. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.06" W x 9" (1.23 lbs) 283 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Seasonal - Summer |
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| Publisher Description: It's the summer before the Summer of Love in the 1960s. A small rural town. Beer, fights, boredom, sex. Kid stuff. With an unwavering eye, Tom Walmsley captures perfectly the essence of small-town kids up to no good, if only because it is the only thing they can know. Fero-cious and unabating, Kid Stuff is a bittersweet opera about a time and place that is both then and now. Praise for Tom Walmsley: "Shades reads like a cross-between Jim Thompson and William Peter Blatty. . . a work of squalid genius."--The Globe & Mail "Shades is a funny, sexy, and inventive read--a vicious social satire in the tradition of Jonathan Swift and William Burroughs."--Books in Canada Tom Walmsley won the first Three-Day Novel contest in 1979 with his novel Doctor Tin; its sequel, Shades, which also contained the original novel, was published in 1992. He's also the author of the poetry collections Lexington Hero and Rabies; the plays The Jones Boy, Blood and Something Red; and the screenplay of the film Paris, France. He lives in Toronto. |