Cain's book (Paperback)
Trocchi, Alexander (Author)
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Written in America while Trocchi was working on a scow on the Hudson River, 'Cain's Book' is an extraordinary autobiographical account about a junky's life, and an honest, raunchy, eye-opening trip through hell.
Reviews
It is different from other books, it is true, it has art, it is brave.
Norman Mailer
Mr Trocchi's ideas (or, rather, his gropings toward the distant glow of ideas) are set down in prose that is always clean and sharp and often ferociously alive with poetry.
The New Yorker
Reviews
It is different from other books, it is true, it has art, it is brave.
Norman Mailer
Mr Trocchi's ideas (or, rather, his gropings toward the distant glow of ideas) are set down in prose that is always clean and sharp and often ferociously alive with poetry.
The New Yorker
ISBN (SKU)
9780714544601
Pages
240
Weight
264g
Dimensions
198x128x18
Imprint
Calder Publications
Published
23, August, 2017
Genres
Fiction
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