Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Couverture souple

Womack, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802134246 ISBN 13 : 9780802134240

Editeur : Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995

Synopsis

Book by Womack Jack

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It's just a little later than now and Lola Hart is writing her life in a diary. She's a nice middle-class girl on the verge of her teens who schools at the calm end of town.

A normal, happy, girl.

But in a disintegrating New York she is a dying breed. War is breaking out on Long Island, the army boys are flamethrowing the streets, five Presidents have been assassinated in a year. No one notices any more. Soon Lola and her family must move over to the Lower East side - Loisaida - to the Pit and the new language of violence of the streets.

The metamorphosis of the nice Lola Hart into the new model Lola has begun ...

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jack Womack was born in Kentucky in 1956 but currently lives in New York City. In addition to his writing, he has worked in publicity for a number of major US publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit. Exploring themes such as urban breakdown, racial tension and class wars, the city of New York plays a large part in the post-Cyberpunk, near-future setting of his novels. He won the 1993 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD with ELVISSEY and has the distinction of being William Gibson's favourite author.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0802134246
• ISBN 13: 9780802134240
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256