Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802139205
ISBN13:9780802139207
Release Date:September 2002
Publisher:Grove Press
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"
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Fiction Hard-Boiled Literary Literature & Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseCustomer Reviews
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