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by: John Edward Lawson
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780976631033
ISBN: 0976631032
Label: Afterbirth Books
Manufacturer: Afterbirth Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 181
Publication Date: August 30, 2005
Publisher: Afterbirth Books
Sales Rank: 1276842
Studio: Afterbirth Books
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This collection highlights dark surrealism at its most experimental and absurd depths. The texts are perception-altering and soul-poisoning, humorous in the way that accidental amputation and spontaneous combustion are. From the man who works at the foot fungus factory to the man who lives in a giant rectum, Pocket Full of Loose Razorblades will leave you wondering where you misplaced your sanity.
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Rating:  - Lick the Pages
Like all I have read by Lawson, Pocket Full of Loose Razorblades is infectious. Each story forcefully kidnaps your attention and doesn't let go until the very end, and when it's over you find yourself with a case of Stockholm Syndrome. With Lawson's unique voice, this smooth criminal twists and contorts your mind into believing the unbelievable; rupturing logical thought with industrialized bizarro worlds of corporate birthed chubby children first thought as impossible, and then giving belief in ... Read More
Rating:  - Dangerous to mix with lickable toads
Bizarro author John Edward Lawson's first short fiction collection is a messy affair. Messy in the pulsing, spurting, purple toxic sludge pit kind of way. Messy like those moments when Cronenberg decides to show you wet things writhing. For those jumping into this collection, invest in some wet-naps; you're going to feel dirty by the end of the affair.
Lawson's tales here, many of which are experimental in a way that defies standard storytelling, are uniformly strange. For example, ... Read More
Rating: - Lawson is awesome!
This collection is an excellent introduction to the work of John Lawson. His stories conjure up worlds that are like cover songs of our reality, where the original version is recognizable, but its absurdism, grotesqueness, humor, and refusal to adhere to the laws of physics make it into something entirely different. There was this feeling that I kept getting as I read this book, something difficult to communicate without sounding a little silly: something alien-like and gooey, like I was spending time ... Read More
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