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

the destruction of the U.S.

1st ed.

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Author

Kathy Acker

Publication

2002 - Grove Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

50,250 words, Guess

Page Count

201 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archiveripoffredgirldet00acke
ISBN-100802139205
ISBN-139780802139207
LibraryThing184177
Library of Congress Control Number2002029415

and 3 more

OCLC Control Number50269935
Better World Books9780802139207
Open LibraryOL3562441M

Classifications

DDC813/.54
LCCPS3551.C44 R57 2002
LCCPS3551.C44R57 2002

Description

"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.