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Tag Archives: self-destruction
Rat Town Blues: Slag Ferguson, Book One – Brian Kaufman
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Mark “Slag” Ferguson, an unlicensed private investigator and part-time bartender is always trying to make ends meet. However now in his mid-thirties, he finds himself thrust into a pair of cases that quickly spin beyond his … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged detective fiction, infidelity, noir, self-destruction
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The Shining – Dorothea Lasky
(reviewed by JD Jung) The Shining, a collection of over thirty poems, takes us to places similar to those that the Overlook Hotel made famous through Stephen King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film of the same name. Though just as … Continue reading
Posted in Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Poetry
Tagged artists., identity, poetry, relationships, self-destruction
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Sex and Rage: A Novel – Eve Babitz
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Years and years and years were pocked with holes of things Jacaranda simple didn’t remember, with people Jacaranda didn’t remember meeting, conversations she didn’t remember having, promises and parties and great ideas and projects Jacaranda didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Lost and almost forgotten, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged 1970, Los Angeles, New York, publishing, Santa Monica, self-destruction, sex
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