Kathy Acker

This writing is all fake (copied from other writing) So you should just go away and not read any of it' A tale of art, sex, blood, junkies and whores in New York's underground, from cult literary icon Kathy Acker.

New York City in 1979

'INTENSE SEXUAL DESIRE IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD' A tale of art, sex, blood, junkies and whores in New York's underground, from cult literary icon Kathy Acker Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

Disturbing point of view on new york its people and its place in the United States of America

New York City in 1979

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