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Pulphead: Notes from the Other Side of America
John Jeremiah Sullivan
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Description for Pulphead: Notes from the Other Side of America
Paperback. Takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's "Real World"; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's Real World; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina - and back again as its residents confront the BP oil spill. Simultaneously channeling the gonzo energy of Hunter S. Thompson and the wit and insight of Joan Didion, Sullivan - with a laidback, erudite Southern charm that's all his ... Read more Show Less
John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's Real World; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina - and back again as its residents confront the BP oil spill. Simultaneously channeling the gonzo energy of Hunter S. Thompson and the wit and insight of Joan Didion, Sullivan - with a laidback, erudite Southern charm that's all his ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099572350
SKU
V9780099572350
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About John Jeremiah Sullivan
John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the southern editor of The Paris Review. He writes for GQ, Harper's Magazine, and Oxford American, and is the author of Blood Horses and Pulphead. Sullivan lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Reviews for Pulphead: Notes from the Other Side of America
The ghost of Mark Twain is evoked in this outstanding collection of essays
Sunday Times
Pulphead is a big, fat, frequently exhilarating collection
Guardian
Pulphead has a ramshackle loquacity, a down-home hyper-eloquence and an off-the-wallishness that is quite distinct - and highly addictive
Goeff Dyer The best, and most important collection of magazine writing since ... Read more
Sunday Times
Pulphead is a big, fat, frequently exhilarating collection
Guardian
Pulphead has a ramshackle loquacity, a down-home hyper-eloquence and an off-the-wallishness that is quite distinct - and highly addictive
Goeff Dyer The best, and most important collection of magazine writing since ... Read more