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CRUDDY is a wild ride indeed, a fairy tale-cum-low-budget horror movie populated by a cast of characters that will remain vivid in the reader's mind long after the final page: Roberta's father, a dangerous alcoholic and out-of-work meat cutter in search of his swindled inheritance; the frightening owners of the Knocking Hammer Bar and sometime slaughterhouse; and two charming but quite mad escapees from the Barbara V. Herrmann Home for Adolescent Rest.
Written with a teenager's eye for freakish detail and a nervous ability to make the most horrible scenes seem hilarious, Roberta's two stories--part Easy Rider and part bipolar Wizard of Oz--painfully but inevitably converge in a surprising denouement in a nightmarish Dreamland in the Nevada desert. By turns terrifying, darkly funny, and resonant with humanity, propelled by all the narrative power of a superior thriller and burnished by the author's pitch-perfect ear for dialogue, CRUDDY is a stunning achievement.
Written with a teenager's eye for freakish detail and a nervous ability to make the most horrible scenes seem hilarious, Roberta's two stories--part Easy Rider and part bipolar Wizard of Oz--painfully but inevitably converge in a surprising denouement in a nightmarish Dreamland in the Nevada desert. By turns terrifying, darkly funny, and resonant with humanity, propelled by all the narrative power of a superior thriller and burnished by the author's pitch-perfect ear for dialogue, CRUDDY is a stunning achievement.
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| Author | Lynda Barry |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Page Count | 305pp |
| Publication Size | 5.25 x 8 x 1 |
| Publication Notes | trade paperback |
| Publication Date | 2000 |
| ISBN | 978-0684838465 |
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