To my mind this was an exercise in juvenile and moderately pointless self indulgence with a little bit of crap porn thrown in. I'm giving this book one star because I can't give it half a star and because if I gave it no stars then that would imply a state of unratedness which might lead people to erroneously conclude at first glance that I loved it so much I felt there were not enough stars available or that I was too lazy or forgetful to apply any stars at all. Eventually the right eye brow got tired of being sceptically raised and I had to give it a rest and raise the left one instead. Rarely has my eye brow spent so much time raised over one piece of prose. Blood and Guts in High School? Really? Yougottabekiddinme! I know the list is supposed to represent many novels, genres and styles not for their likeability but for their uniqueness and their gift to literature and the world at large, but come on.

Yes, noted scholars, authors and critics who form the all seeing literary eye that is the 1001 books list, 'Why do you hate people who read books? And why do you want to punish them so?' Blood and Guts in Hig Again I turn to the creators and compilers of the 1001 books to read before you die list and ask, 'Why?' With Blood and Guts in High School, Kathy Acker, whose work has been labeled everything from post-punk porn to post-punk feminism, has created a brilliantly subversive narrative built from conversation, description, conjecture, and moments snatched from history and literature.Īgain I turn to the creators and compilers of the 1001 books to read before you die list and ask, 'Why?' Yes, noted scholars, authors and critics who form the all seeing literary eye that is the 1001 books list, 'Why do you hate people who read books? And why do you want to punish them so?' I know the list is supposed to represent many novels, genres and styles not for their likeability but for their uniqueness and their gift to literature and the world at large, but come on.

She began to write down her life, starting with 'Parents stink' (her father, who is also her boyfriend, has fallen in love with another woman and is about to leave her). One day she found a pencil stub and scrap of paper in a forgotten corner of the room. Twice a day the Persian slave trader came in and taught her to be a whore. She began to write down her life, starting with 'Parents stink' (her father, who is also her boyfriend, has fallen in love with another woman and is abou Janey lived in the locked room.

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