Slam
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Book Overview
Slam is a bright and acerbic depiction of the slacker culture of Texas, a testament to a lost and found generation. Dave stepped out of a Bastrop Federal Prison and into the home of one Margueritte... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0385266839
ISBN13:9780385266833
Release Date:June 1990
Publisher:Doubleday Books
Length:233 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Make no bones about it - this is a modern classic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
'Slam' is a fantastic book, criminally under-rated and deserves a wider audience, even a filmic adaptation. Imagine the energy of the flim Kids, mixed with the speculative sci-fi of J.G Ballard and the quirky humanism of say Jim Jarmusch, and you might be close. No book written in the last 15 years creates a better fratured suburban Utopia than Shiner's 'Slam'. Burn your Moody Ricks, because Shiner's 'Slam' is the real thing.
Real life cyberpunk
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is about architecture and skateboarding, and lust, and about just being out of prison and trying to reenter society that is different from the one you left. He was in for tax evasion, and now has a job looking after twentysome cats that have inherited a fortune, which a lot of people are after. It is pretty cool and hard to explain. It all comes together in the end. If you like Lewis Shiner you should like this one.
To be brief, a great book.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
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