Good lord, what a fantastically weird and weirdly fantastic book. Barry has for years been the writing rather dark and deranged and funny Ernie Pook’s Comeek comic strip for various independent newspapers. And I think she wrote a novel before. I...
Pros: In parts insanely funny or genuinely moving Cons: In other parts insanely violent or genuinely disgusting
Cruddy is a unique, hilarious, shocking, and tragic story of a young girl's involvement with murder, drugs, and ultimately suicide (and I'm not giving anything away: the first thing you are told in the book is that she has killed herself). It's ...
Pros: Loosens the chokehold Salinger had on teen angst. Cons: I miss Marlys.
This book often (and unfairly) gets compared to "The Wizard of Oz" and "Alice in Wonderland." The people who do this are usually interested in letting you know that they appreciate John Waters and his ilk by adding him to the equation that will equal...
Pros: Great writing, scary illustrations Cons: Dark and bloody
I had heard that 'Cruddy' was dark and depressing but also wonderful... but I was still surprised to discover it's a cover-to-cover Grand-Guignol bloodbath revenge fantasy!
Lynda Barry is a pretty highlevel saint in my artistic pantheon, but I...
Pros: Terrific and Unique Cons: not for the weak at heart
"Ernie Pook's Comeek" was the highlight of each week for. Ever since I could read I would paw through my dad's office until I found the Metro Times and flipped to the last page. There were three things I was opting to read; "Life is...
Pros: Excellent writing style Cons: Some may find the flipping of time confusing
Drop a few hits and flow along as this story goes back and forth into the mind of Roberta, a girl thats so young yet has lived a lifetime fit for a 40 year old. This was a truly amazing book, wanted it to end so I could see the ending, yet wanted it to...
Roberta Rohbeson, 1971. Her overblown, drug-induced teenage rant against a world bounded by "the cruddy top bedroom of a cruddy rental house on a very...More at HotBookSale
Roberta Rohbeson begins her book in 1971, in what starts out as a drug-fueled teenage rant that gradually fades into the story of two cross-country tr...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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