Red the Fiend by Gilbert Sorrentino
A recasting of Sorrentino's Aberration of Starlight, this is the story of how a child becomes a monster: of how Red the boy becomes Red the Fiend. With an absent father who turns up only to drunkenly berate his son, and a grandmother whose aggression crescendos to a daily beating, Red can only escape by turning his hatred outward, by being as cruel and bitter as his young life has been. Employing direct, elegant sentences, while retaining his characteristic formal inventiveness, Sorrentino evokes this unyieldingly grim Brooklyn boyhood, describing close, familial conflicts that deepen and widen to reflect the hardships of Depression-era life.
Relentlessly excellent writing' -Raewyn Alexander, Jacket Magazine
Gilbert Sorrentino was an American novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, professor, and editor. In over twenty-five works of fiction and poetry, Sorrentino explored the comic and formal possibilities of language and literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781564784520 |
| ISBN 10 | 1564784525 |
| Title | Red the Fiend |
| Author | Gilbert Sorrentino |
| Series | American Literature Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Year published | 2006-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 213 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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