{"product_id":"literal-madness-three-novels-kathy-goes-to-haiti-my-death-my-life-by-pier-paolo-pasolini-florida-paperback","title":"Literal Madness: Three Novels: Kathy Goes to Haiti; My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini; Florida - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathy Acker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKathy Goes to Haiti\u003c\/em\u003e, the first of three novels in \u003cem\u003eLiteral Madness\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Speaks to us out of a delightful mock-na'vet  that reminds one at times of the Dick and Jane readers rewritten as manuals for politics and sex . . . . At once hilarious and terrifying,  it] has all the logic of a Caribbean tour and a nightmare combined\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Death My Life\u003c\/em\u003e by Pier Paolo Pasolini - wherein, among other things, the late Italian filmmaker solves his own murder, with the help of, among others, Romeo, Juliet, and the Bront  sisters - is a \"scathing commentary on false values in art\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Hartford Courant\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the haunting \u003cem\u003eFlorida\u003c\/em\u003e, Acker achieves \"a nearly telegraphic reduction of the Bogart-Bacall movie \u003cem\u003eKey Largo\u003c\/em\u003e to fatalistic, tough-guy essentials.\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathy Goes to Haiti, the first of the three novels in Literal Madness, 'speaks to us out of a delightful mock naivete that remind some at times of the Dick and Jane readers rewritten as manuals for politics and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 8.51 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380390183090,"sku":"9780802131560","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9ad988f5b464cdb8f2c784beaf023fe7.webp?v=1777782873","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/literal-madness-three-novels-kathy-goes-to-haiti-my-death-my-life-by-pier-paolo-pasolini-florida-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}