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Here are 13 daring and innovative tales dealing with "skinheads, x-ray patients, whores, lovers, fetishists, and other lost souls" who populate landscapes as diverse as ancient Babylon, India, and contemporary San Francisco. Part fiction, part reportage, these narratives are laced with a bleak... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Catherine: Add a description of this character.
- Jenny
- Bootwoman Marisa
- Evangeline
- Koduk Bunwaree
- Martin
- Stephanie
- Mark Pauline
- Barlow
- Sal
- Brandi
- Dickie
- Dagger
- Shadrach
- Abednego
- Yama
- Christina
- Anthony
- Lenny
- Dino
- Margaret
- Heckert
- Mary
- Allah
- Pawel
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Ken
- Rich
- Paul Raven
- Adam
- Zombie
- Henry
- Smackwater Jack
- Sean
- Meshach
- Mr. Penis
- John
- Mr. Baumeister
- Dee
- George
- Anna
- Denise
- Starr
- Beelzebub
- Alice
- Seamus
- Cory Smith
- Dahlia
Setting & Locations edit
- Drano
- Golden Gate Park
- Carolina
- Heaven
- Skinz
- Virginia
- Haight Street
- Babylon
- San Francisco
- California
- New York
- Turk Street
- Bhola
- Warsaw
- Tenderloin
- Burning Fiery Furnace
- Yaweh
- Korea
- Germany
- Punjab
- America
- S.f.
- Leavenworth
- Berkeley
- Boulder
- Tijuana
- San Bruno
- Mountain
First Sentence edit
Bending and leaning on his crutches, a patient dwindled down the white glassy corridor, trying so hard to follow the red line that he was a joy to watch.
Authors & Contributors edit
- William T. Vollmann (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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