Joe Meno

Hairstyles of the Damned (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The debut novel from Akashic's new imprint, Punk Planet Books. Also check out the smash hits How the Hula Girl Sings , Tender as Hellfire , and The Boy Detective Fails .

"A funny, hard-rocking first-person tale of teenage angst and discovery." - Booklist

"Captures the loose, fun, recklessness of midwestern punk." - MTV.com

Hairstyles of the Damnedis an honest, true-life depiction of growing up punk on Chicago's south side: a study in the demons of racial intolerance, Catholic school conformism, and class repression. It is the story of the riotous exploits of Brian, a high school burnout, and his best friend, Gretchen, a punk rock girl fond of brawling. Based on the actual events surrounding a Chicago high school's segregated prom, this work of fiction unflinchingly pursues the truth in discovering what it means to be your own person.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Akashic Books
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781936070299
• Artikelnr.: 37996376

Autorenporträt

JOE MENO is a fiction writer and journalist who lives in Chicago. Winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, and a finalist for the Story Prize, Meno is the best-selling author of several novels and short story collections including Marvel and a Wonder, The Great Perhaps,The Boy Detective Fails, and Hairstyles of the Damned; he also edited Chicago Noir: The Classics.He is a professor in the English and Creative Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago. Book of Extraordinary Tragediesis his latest work.