{"product_id":"9780802139207","title":"Rip-off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecently discovered and never before published, these two short novels were written in the early 1970s, at the beginning of Kathy Acker's writing career. Rip-off Red reads as a kind of Raymond Chandler for bad girls, as Acker's typical literary playfulness transforms the genre conventions of detective fiction into a book that is simultaneously a mystery and a personal, raunchy, and politically astute account of life in New York City. The Burning Bombing of America is a dystopian vision of the destruction of America, combining crypto-Socialist class critique with the visceral surreality of the Book of Revelation. Published together here, they reveal a young writer on a literary romp, imposing an original, sexy, and subversive worldview that is unmistakably Acker. They are a perfect introduction to Acker's oeuvre and essential for all Acker readers. \"Kathy Acker's trancelike writing style peels away the layers of reality.\" — San Francisco Chronicle \"America's most beloved transgressive novelist.\" — Spin \"Acker is a postmodern Colette with echoes of Cleland's Fanny Hill.\" — William S. Burroughs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030736453872,"sku":"9780802139207","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802139207_p0.jpg?v=1763726613","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802139207","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}