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Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing

This is the classic underground novel about a Jewish kid from Tennessee, who moves to DC and hangs out with militant vegetarians, manifesto-writing shoplifters, and strippers who write feminist theory. The story is told through journals, letters and zines. Its got everything you could want out of a novel a chase scene, a sex scene, plus angst-ridden critiques of American society.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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