33 Snowfish

I had read another of Adams Rapp's book and loved it. His style of writing is completely realistic, allowing you to hear the story from the characters themselves. He doesn't sugar coat it and picks topics that are complete depressing but in a weird warped way gives you a happy ending. He brings out the dark humor in the most horrific events and shows you the raw material of peoples personalities. No matter how racist, dirty,... Read Full Review

Author and playwright Adam Rapp has created a masterful tale of woe in 33 SNOWFISH. With all of the trappings of "high literature" (there are stream-of-consciousness passages and multiple narrators), the author transcends the Problem Novel genre in this homage to Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Like many of Faulkner's novels, 33 SNOWFISH depicts society's lowest, common denominator while somehow managing to make these characters... Read Full Review

Adam Rapp has written another crisp one. It's the language, especially, that grips you and makes you eat your tears and laughter. From the first line -- "On top of everything else, Boobie's got the clap." -- I found myself devouring each next line in search of a gem. Here are a few: "That hat of his was so orange it looked like it would have vitamin C in the flaps." "There was so much blood on Boobie's shirt you could smell... Read Full Review

33 Snowfish is the story of a young boy Custis. His age is never definately set, but he is probably 11 or 12. He grew up with an abusive "owner" Bob Motley and now is on the road with Boobie, a seventeen year old who killed his parents, Curl, Boobie's girlfriend and a drug addicted hooker, and Boobie's little unnamed baby brother. This book is written in slang, which at first is hard to read, but once you get ten or fifteen... Read Full Review

This dark and poignant tale tells a very important story. he story chronicles the journey of 3 troubled and homeless kids. The story switches point of views from Curl a 15 year old prostitute to Custis a homeless boy who has escaped from his abusive "owner." The leader of this crew is Boobie who has just killed his parents and kidnapped his baby brother. This book deals with very difficult but important issues, and Rapp... Read Full Review