By Boris Vian. Introduction by Marc Lapprand. Translated by Paul Knobloch.
Vian’s second noir novel under the Vernon Sullivan pseudonym is a brutal tale of racism in postwar New York City, as protagonist Daniel Parker is blackmailed by a long lost brother. Also included is the short story “Dogs, Desire and Death,” and Vian’s account of the controversies surrounding his previous novel I Spit on your Graves.
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Appropriation and racial confusion themselves become motifs; the book reads like the nightmare of a person having an extreme identity crisis.
"We didn't have many customers this evening, and the band was playing a bit sluggishly, as is always the case eon nights like these. It was all the same to me. The fewer people the better. Having to toss out half a dozen guys a night, in a more or less orderly fashion to boot, well, in the long run it can end up being a real drag. In the beginning I liked it." —Excerpted from The Dead All Have The Same Skin.
FORMAT: Pbk, 8.5 x 5.70 in. / 137 pgs / illustrated throughout. LIST PRICE: U.S. $17.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $24 GBP £15.00 ISBN: 9780966234657 PUBLISHER: TamTam Books AVAILABLE: 2/29/2012 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
Published by TamTam Books. By Boris Vian. Introduction by Marc Lapprand. Translated by Paul Knobloch.
Vian’s second noir novel under the Vernon Sullivan pseudonym is a brutal tale of racism in postwar New York City, as protagonist Daniel Parker is blackmailed by a long lost brother. Also included is the short story “Dogs, Desire and Death,” and Vian’s account of the controversies surrounding his previous novel I Spit on your Graves.
