The complete fear of Kathy Acker / Jack Skelley ; introduction by Amy Gerstler ; afterword by Sabrina Tarasoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skelley, Jack, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Gerstler, Amy, writer of introduction.

Tarasoff, Sabrina, writer of afterword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen eighties--Fiction.

Nineteen eighties.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

Manners and customs.

California--Los Angeles.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

135 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

South Pasadena, CA : Semiotext(e), [2023]

Summary:

"The first complete edition of this notorious novel which maps the 1980s anarchic underground of Los Angeles. Published in excerpts over almost four decades, Jack Skelley's 'secretly legendary' novel is at once an homage to the thrillingly inventive spirit of Kathy Acker's cut-up novels and a definitive history of LA's underground culture of the mid-1980s. Composed in bursts, Fear of Kathy Acker depicts Los Angeles through the eyes of a self-mocking narrator. Shifting styles and personae as he moves between Venice and Torrance, punk clubs and shopping malls, Disneyland and Dodger Stadium, Jack Skelley pushes the limits of language and identity while pursuing--much as Kathy Acker did--a quixotic literary mix of discipline and anarchy. In this adrenalized, cosmic, and comic chronicle of Los Angeles, Skelley's 'real life' friends make cameo appearances alongside pop archetypes from Madonna to Billy Idol. This first-ever complete edition of the book includes new essays, playlists, and a map of the 1980s Los Angeles in which its manic protagonist lives and loves"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781635901856

1635901855

OCLC:

1380855812