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Title: Guide by Dennis Cooper ISBN: 0802135803 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73
Rating: 4
Summary: sick, wrong fun
Comment: I don't think there's anything profound about Dennis Cooper. As far as I can tell from having read this book and "Frisk", he writes the exact same book again and again, just changing the characters and circumstances slightly. Dennis has an agenda, and that's to make you squirm, if not with his nihilistic political worldview, with his graphic depictions of all manner of sexual expression, from remarking on the prettiness of pre-adolescent boys to rape, drugging, and dismemberment.
"Guide" is, as widely dicussed, probably the most celebrated piece of fanfiction ever written. Cooper gets props for writing a thinly disguised interlude wherein Alex from "Slur" gets picked up, stuffed full of roofies, and used as an amusing pawn in someone's fantasy life. It is extremely funny if you know anything about fanfiction, and has guaranteed him hundreds of sales from Blur fans desperate to pick up anything even vaguely smacking of their messiahs. (I am a fine example of this, as well as being interested in Cooper's oeuvre, and wondering if I could get through another of his books).
"Guide" is a little funnier than "Frisk", and that makes it a lot easier to get through. If you are even slightly upset or traumatized by the concepts of gay sex, pedophilia, or sexual violence, you would be well advised to stay away. However, if you think "Naked Lunch" is charming and brilliant, and you enjoy the smellier bits of "Le Chants de Maldoror" or "Our Lady of the Flowers", you'll totally dig "Guide", because it is really funny, if totally offensive to pretty much every slightly healthy member of society.
Rating: 5
Summary: blown away
Comment: I read this book back to back with another that was dedicated to the author. I'd never heard of Dennis cooper so I didn't know what to expect. I was going to give it three stars but then I realized that was only because it was so upsetting. Along with how well written and engrossing it is, that's actually a reason to rate it higher, so I did. It was my own fear getting in the way. The real frustration was the absence of a moral stance. It's like Bret Easton Ellis that way - you have to make up your own mind about what's going on. You realize you're just getting angry because there's no re-assurance provided, you're totally immersed in a world with no ethical designations. This book is one of the more powerful I've read for that. I'd say this is about as transgressive and gutsy as writing gets. Glad I found it.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book changed my life
Comment: I couldn't put it down for more than a minute, I read it cover to cover and afterwards i curled up into a ball and cried. It's the most realistic, eye opening and simultaneously humorous and surreal thing i've ever read. passing it up is like passing up air on a sinking ship.
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Title: TRY by Dennis Cooper ISBN: 080213338X Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Closer by Dennis Cooper ISBN: 080213212X Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: My Loose Thread by Dennis Cooper ISBN: 1841952745 Publisher: Canongate Pub Ltd Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Period by Dennis Cooper ISBN: 0802137830 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 30 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Frisk by Dennis Cooper ISBN: 0802132898 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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