Wednesday, July 9, 2003

BANG BANG! "In its 88-year history, [publishing company Alfred A.] Knopf has never had an author whose work-related injuries include 325 stitches, eight concussions, three knee surgeries and the loss of two teeth and one ear."

Until now.

Of Tietam Brown, Publisher's Weekly writes: "If Freud and de Sade were to pen story lines for WWF Smackdown! the result might be this lurid coming-of-age novel . . . Foley is not much of a stylist. He mingles villainous trash-talk dialogue and stilted sexual banter ("I'll admit right now to being somewhat distracted by the pleasant tingling in my penile area") in a Rabelaisian tone as self-conscious and overbearing as a large man in tiny trunks. But readers in the mood for vigorous pulp may enjoy this steroid-fueled brawl."

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