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...

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

Author: Kathy Acker
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 09/12/2002
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780802139207


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 09/09/2002 pg. 47
Booklist 10/15/2002 pg. 385
Lambda Book Report 01/01/2003 pg. 24
Publishers Weekly 09/09/2002