Kicking
Set in the London and New York underground culture's of the '70s and '80s, Kicking tracks the adventures of a group of close friends through the ambiguous pleasures and dangers of those years. Connie... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0872862828
ISBN13:9780872862821
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:City Lights Books
Length:243 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
So this is the art world?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
This is a story set in London & New York in the 70's & 80's art world. It's more stereotypical than realistic, so one would hope the story would make up for the setting. What the reader is given is a glimpse into the world of Connie, an American resident-alien in the UK. Connie can jump back and forth over the Atlantic in an artsy-fartsy haze, but the girl can't seem to pick-up and self-esteem. Even though, the reader kind of gets sucked up into her life. I couldn't figure out if I was reading on hoping she'd get a backbone and/or a clue, or if I thought something other than memories of walking around Highgate cemetary would take place. All I got were Connie's idolizations of her junkie artist ex-boyfriend, her manipulative pain-in-butt heroin-smoking, man-stealing best friend, and Ruby, a gorgeous, brilliant demi-god.
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