Rip-off Red, girl detective and the burning bombing of America

the destruction of the U.S.

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Rip-off Red, girl detective and the burning bombing of America

the destruction of the U.S.

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"Recently discovered and never before published, these two short novels were written in the early 1970s, at the beginning of her career. Rip-off Red reads as a kind of Raymond Chandler for bad girls, as Kathy 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Grove Press
Language
English
Pages
201

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2002, Grove Press
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Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3551.C44 R57 2002, PS3551.C44R57 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
201 p. ;
Number of pages
201

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3562441M
Internet Archive
ripoffredgirldet00acke
ISBN 10
0802139205
LCCN
2002029415
OCLC/WorldCat
50269935
Library Thing
184177
Goodreads
491558

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