Answer Me!: The First Three
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Editor: Jim GoadEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08
ISBN: 0976403536
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Scapegoat Publishing
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Book Review: Excellent early work of a developing genius of American letters,
Summary: 5 Stars
These are important early works of an important American prose stylist with an authentic refreshing voice overlooked by mainstream publishing. Jim Goad burst onto the scene of American letters with this compilation of his earliest examples: a combination of H.L. Mencken, Eric Hoffer, and the obscure Joe Schenkman (whose work in the late 70's National Lampoon is similar).
Jim Goad has an allure for certain types of women who like dangerous rough trade combined with the low cunning of undiscovered genius. The hero is always the rebel that plays by his own rules, yet the edge of a rusty beer can that is attractively picturesque is also loaded with tetanus, as too often Goad's amorante discover. In Goad's self-narrative, this allure is also his curse and makes him a controversial figure. This is not an unknown dimension of personal history for some of the world's greatest writers.
This humour is dark and cynical, but only to those who don't find Thomas Harris's "Hannibal" laugh out load funny, or Chaucher's "The Milller's Tale," or haven't read Rabelais or de Sade. Otherwise, Goad's work is challenging and reads like someone still finding his voice and synthesizing his perspective and weltenshaung.
Summary of Answer Me!: The First Three
ANSWER Me! is a big black slab of trouble. Originally released as a series of magazines, then a collected edition which sold thousands before going out of print, ANSWER Me! has been blamed for a White House shooting and a triple suicide. It has been banned in several countries and put on trial for obscenity in the USA. Chock full of well-written rants, interviews, and articles on topics ranging from music and subcultures to sex, love, hate, murder, serial killers, and suicide, this fat, gorgeous anthology contains the legendary rant-zine?s first three issues in their entirety. It also contains sixty new pages of wistful ANSWER Me! memories and tasty new articles written by philanthropist and humanitarian Jim Goad. There?s a strong chance that this is the best book ever published. Only an idiot would refuse to buy it.ANSWER Me! was so wonderful because it reminded me of when my uncle Joey turned me on to National Lampoon when I was eight years old. After National Lampoon I was always looking for uglier forms of humor, and then comes along ANSWER Me! -- Shaun Partridge, Partridge Family Temple
ANSWER Me! is a nasty little book ... more than worth its cover price for the jaw dropping serial killer and suicide guides. -- debased.com
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