![]() ![]() Bennie now owns his own record label, which is floundering due to his raw sensibilities not aligning with the popular trends. The book begins in present-day with Sasha, Bennie’s sticky-fingered assistant. ![]() They were all in love with dyin’, they were drinking from a fountain that was pouring like an avalanche, comin’ down the mountain.” – The Butthole Surfers, “Pepper” Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain and then he lost his leg in Dallas, he was dancin’ with a train. Mikey had a facial scar and Bobby was a rapist, they were all in love with dyin’, they were doing it in Texas. “Marky got with Sharon, Sharon got Charice, she was sharin’ Sharon’s outlook on the topic of disease. If the lyrics to the Butthole Surfers’ “Pepper” had a literary equivalent, this novel would be it. Bennie and Scotty are the leaders of the Flaming Dildos, a band hopeful of making it big among the likes of their local idols Flipper, The Nuns, and the Dead Kennedys. In 1979 San Francisco, the punk scene is burgeoning and Bennie, Scotty, Jocelyn, Rhea, and their friends are on the front lines. ![]() Winner: 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award, 2010 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction, 2010 Salon Book Award for Fiction, 2011 Tournament of Books Winner, 2010 NYT Notable Book of the Year, 2011 ALA Notable BookĪppears on “1,001 Books to Read Before You Die”, 2012 Edition ![]()
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