Hairstyles of the Damned
Joe Meno
(Author)
Description
"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 Damned is 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.
Product Details
Price
$14.95
$13.90
Publisher
Akashic Books, Ltd.
Publish Date
September 01, 2004
Pages
278
Dimensions
5.36 X 7.52 X 0.82 inches | 0.56 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781888451702
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About the Author
Joe Meno is a fiction writer and playwright who lives in Chicago. He is a winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Great Lakes Book Award, and was a finalist for the Story Prize. He is the author of multiple novels and short story collections including Hairstyles of the Damned, The Great Perhaps, How the Hula Girl Sings, The Boy Detective Fails, Tender as Hellfire, Demons in the Spring, and Office Girl. His short fiction has been published in One Story, McSweeney's, Swink, LIT, TriQuarterly, Other Voices, Gulf Coast, and broadcast on NPR. His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times and Chicago Magazine. He is an associate professor in the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago.
Reviews
Meno gives his proverbial coming-of-age tale a punk-rock edge, as seventeen-year-old Chicagoan Brian Oswald tries to land his first girlfriend . . . Meno ably explores Brian's emotional uncertainty and his poignant youthful search for meaning . . . His gabby, heartfelt, and utterly believable take on adolescence strikes a winning chord.-- "Publishers Weekly"
Captures both the sweetness and sting of adolescence with unflinching honesty.-- "Entertainment Weekly"
Joe Meno writes with the energy, honesty, and emotional impact of the best punk rock. From the opening sentence to the very last word, Hairstyles of the Damned held me in his grip.--Jim DeRogatis, pop music critic, Chicago Sun-Times
The most authentic young voice since J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield . . . A darn good book.-- "Daily Southtown"
Sensitive, well-observed, often laugh-out-loud funny . . . You won't regret a moment of the journey.--Chicago Tribune
Captures both the sweetness and sting of adolescence with unflinching honesty.-- "Entertainment Weekly"
Joe Meno writes with the energy, honesty, and emotional impact of the best punk rock. From the opening sentence to the very last word, Hairstyles of the Damned held me in his grip.--Jim DeRogatis, pop music critic, Chicago Sun-Times
The most authentic young voice since J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield . . . A darn good book.-- "Daily Southtown"
Sensitive, well-observed, often laugh-out-loud funny . . . You won't regret a moment of the journey.--Chicago Tribune
