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Chris is a young porn star who wants to experience death at someone else's hand; Mason has lurid fantasies about British pop musicians; Sniffles is a teenage runaway whose need for love is greater than life. These characters and more move through a subterranean Los Angeles, created by a writer... read more

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  • “Maybe there's something to getting incredibly stone, then having sex with self-destructive young guys, that resembles the world acid showed me. But there are differences, too, which I hope to define.”
    Dennis
  • “All I'm trying to say is, I have no idea what I'm after. I just know how it looks on the surface. Or maybe I can't quite describe what I'm after, especially superficially. Maybe somebody out there can help me. Maybe Luke will. I wish.”
    Dennis

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Luke's at Scott's. Mason's home jerking off to a picture of Smear's bassist, Alex.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Guided by Voices
The Freed Weed
Sunshine Superman
Blur
Star-Shaped
The Spin Article
Epistle to Dippy

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 4 of 5 in George Miles Cycle. (standard series)

Preceded by Try, and followed by Period.

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  1. Dennis Cooper (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Grove Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0802116086
Page Count: 176

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