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Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America - (Acker, Kathy) by Kathy Acker (Paperback)

Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America - (Acker, Kathy) by  Kathy Acker (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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

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