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Like TC Boyle singing dirty carols with Bukowski. Neilan is a clever and daring author who can make us laugh at all the wrong things. Page after page of hilarious absurdity and spectacle. This book teaches you how to cuss in sign language! Come on! That says it all, right?
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This book starts off somewhat slow but once you are in it grabs you. And you soon realize the imagination of John Fahey is going to screw with your head. You will not know what is true and what is false, what is fact or fiction, what is dream or reality. Is this a memoir of a gifted and troubled musician? Or, is this a collection of stories from a strange brain? Either way, it is amazing writing from an amazing artist.
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Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
rkm, December 26, 2007
Like TC Boyle singing dirty carols with Bukowski. Neilan is a clever and daring author who can make us laugh at all the wrong things. Page after page of hilarious absurdity and spectacle. This book teaches you how to cuss in sign language! Come on! That says it all, right?(4 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)
HOW BLUEGRASS MUSIC DESTROYED MY LIFE by John Fahey
rkm, December 26, 2007
This book starts off somewhat slow but once you are in it grabs you. And you soon realize the imagination of John Fahey is going to screw with your head. You will not know what is true and what is false, what is fact or fiction, what is dream or reality. Is this a memoir of a gifted and troubled musician? Or, is this a collection of stories from a strange brain? Either way, it is amazing writing from an amazing artist.(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)