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M. Dylan Raskin
Little New York Bastard
From a self-proclaimed "nobody from New York" — a defiant, freewheeling first book in the tradition of cult classics like A Fan's Notes and The Fuck-Up.
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"Many books want to be the next Catcher in the Rye. But Little New York Bastard actually has a claim. This is a spot-on depiction of what it's like to be young, kind of smart, and clueless in America." —Neal Pollack, author of Never Mind the Pollacks |
"The Holden Caulfield for the 21st century has arrived. [Raskin's] blisteringly angry take on life in the United States burns up the pages of this angst-driven road story.… Think Denis Leary without the profanity but with all the black anger. A strikingly original and unforgettable narrative voice." —Library Journal |
"Seldom in literature has a young man left home with a bigger baggage of Bad Attitude. Mr. Raskin dissects his generation with cool precision." —C. D. Payne, author of Youth in Revolt
Meet M. Dylan Raskin (MDR to friends). At twenty-two, he's the opposite of hip: a working-class college dropout and world-class malcontent who lives with his mother in Queens. Make that Flushing-stinking-Queens, to be precise — "and if you know anything about the joint you know that it's a wretched, horrible place."
Don't get him wrong: it's not that he doesn't like New York, exactly, it's just that lately he's felt more and more at odds with everything — his family, his generation, his hometown, even himself. One day he gets fed up and decides to take his freedom on the road, setting off for Chicago in a quixotic attempt to turn his life around.
Equal parts road story, coming-of-age memoir, and existential manifesto, Little New York Bastard is the true story of an outsider for the ages, a mixed-up kid who knows what he wants in life but has no idea how to get it.
M. Dylan Raskin was born in Queens, New York.
| Catch MDR's Escape from New York Tour in a city near you | ||||
| Sat | Oct 25 | 6:00 PM | Paradise Books | Sag Harbor, NY |
| Thur | Oct 30 | 7:00 PM | Barnes & Noble | Bayside, NY |
| Sat | Nov 1 | TBA | Starbucks | Elmhurst, IL |
| Mon | Nov 3 | 8:00 PM | Quimby's Bookstore | Chicago, IL |
| Tue | Nov 4 | 6:00 PM | University Bookstore | Madison, WI |
| Fri | Nov 7 | 7:30 PM | Barnes & Noble | Edina, MN |
| Wed | Nov 12 | 7:00 PM | Café Allegro | Seattle, WA |
| Sat | Nov 15 | 2:00 PM | Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore | Los Angeles, CA |
| Mon | Nov 17 | 7:30 PM | Current Affairs Bookstore | San Diego, CA |
| Wed | Nov 19 | 8:00 PM | The Escapist Bookstore | Austin, TX |
| TBA | Dec 2 or 3 | TBA | TBA University Bookstore | College Park, MD |
| Thu | Dec 11 | 7:00 PM | Housing Works, with Jonathan Ames | New York, NY |
| Thu | Dec 18 | 8:00 PM | Buzzer Thirty, with Gary Lutz and Sam Lipsyte | Astoria, NY |
| Tue | Jan 13 | 7:00 PM | KGB Bar | New York, NY |
$13.95 | 288 pages | ISBN 1-56858-274-9
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