Jack (formerly Jonathan) Shit of the experimental punk band The Shits has his bass guitar stolen by his roommate, the lead singer of their band for drug money. He sets out to to find his roommate & his guitar & tries to salvage his band's floundering reputation along the way. Set in early 90s NY, there is much talk of gentrification, artistic purity etc etc I honestly really disliked this book. I felt like it was trying too hard to be funny.(CONT)
vivastory Jack is an obviously ridiculous character, but without anything really redemptive or charming about him. Just the suburban whine. The ending to this felt as ridiculous as some of the characters. I have read better stories that were trying to do what Lipsyte was doing, but with more success. The saving grace of this book is that this was a quick, short read. (edited) 2mo
BarbaraBB Hmmm I think I won‘t bother to get this one! 2mo
vivastory @BarbaraBB I just looked through the other reviews on Litsy & I'm def not alone 2mo
TrishB I mean the storyline had potential… 2mo
vivastory @TrishB It did. I came across it at the library & was intrigued by the synopsis. 2mo
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