I love the way the author threw out all the old rules for time-travel. She blazed a new trail with no throught for space-time continuums, flux capacitI love the way the author threw out all the old rules for time-travel. She blazed a new trail with no throught for space-time continuums, flux capacitors, tearing the fabric of the cosmos or any other classis philosophical dilemmas that usually go hand in hand with time-travel literature. ...more
It takes alot of guts to finish a Jerry Stahl novel. He never lets up and it's never easy, countless times I have been left befuddled and confused by It takes alot of guts to finish a Jerry Stahl novel. He never lets up and it's never easy, countless times I have been left befuddled and confused by his words. But it's always worth it. Pain Killers is good, very good. Compulsively readable while being simultaneously hilarious and horrifying. It's full of realistic characters and crisp, hip, pitch perfect dialogue. I think this is where Stahl really excels, he has a great ear for the way ordinary people from all walks of life talk. Pain Killers is, as is all his work, strangely romantic- the love in Stahl's books is always fucked up. ALWAYS. But it's still LOVE and he's unabashedly honest about himself and what it means to be a junkie, an ex-junkie, a misfit, an outlaw, a miscreant and a dirty, scummy, scuzzy deadbeat. I often find myself laughing out-loud while I read his books, at the sheer audacity of his verve, his nerve- I mean, really does the world NEED a book about Joseph Mengele alive and kicking? I say Yes! As long as Stahl comes along for the ride....more
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