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Scary Kisses
From the lost generation of Andy Warhol's New York to the cocaine-fueled runways of the top fashion houses of Paris and Milan, "Scary Kisses" captures the tenderness and cruelty of the beautiful people circa 1980, living behind the pages of "Vogue" and "GQ." As a portrait of this time and this place, "Scary Kisses" shares a place with "Bright Lights," "Big City," "Slaves of New York," and "The Bonfire of the Vanities" as a classic portrait of the seductive pull of Manhattan nightlife.
The story centers on a menage á trois that drifts listlessly into a spiral of cynicism and nihilistic gratification. With raw, voyeuristic detail, Brad Gooch's precise, snapshot prose re-creates a time unlike any other, and characters that flash with a stark, bright realism.
The story centers on a menage á trois that drifts listlessly into a spiral of cynicism and nihilistic gratification. With raw, voyeuristic detail, Brad Gooch's precise, snapshot prose re-creates a time unlike any other, and characters that flash with a stark, bright realism.
Book Details
- Publisher: Overlook Press
- Publish Date: Jun 24th, 2003
- Pages: 270
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.04in - 5.40in - 0.74in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9781585674268
- Categories: • General
About the Author
Gooch, Brad: - Brad Gooch is the author of the acclaimed biography of Frank O'Hara, City Poet, as well as Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, along with other nonfiction and three novels. The recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities and Guggenheim fellowships, he earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University and is Professor of English at William Paterson University in New Jersey. He lives in New York City.
Praise for this book
"["Scary Kisses] moves jet fast; it's a turn-on with lots of breezy, satiric dialogue . . . No on else has written a book this literate and witty about the modeling world."
Crisp, cinematic...an utterly realistic and classy chronicle. ("The New York Times Book Review") As sleek, slick, and savvy as a rock video. (Dominick Dunne)