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| Title | : | Tattoo |
| Author | : | Earl Thompson |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 201 pages |
| Published | : | by Signet Book (first published January 1st 1974) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Coming Of Age. Drama |
Earl Thompson
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 201 pages Rating: 4.26 | 186 Users | 19 Reviews
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Leaving behind his crumpled mother with competing feelings of disgust and longing for her glory days of radiant, knee-weakening red hair and run-free hose, Jack flees his taboo-transgressing penury in order to inveigle his way into the United States Navy and swap the dust and grime of urban-hopping for that of the salt and spray of chasing islands. The hardships and hard knocks, con jobs and concupiscence, back-slapping and backhanding, grifts and griefs, sad sacks and sack-hopping of A Garden of Sand have been transferred from the depression-daubed thirties to the war-jazzed forties, and Jack stakes his claim to what he can manage from life in the Second World War and the Korean hiccup that closed out the decade. The world hasn't gotten a smidgen easier to get by in—and while Thompson's opening book placed the reader inside the mind of a tough-lotted boy with uncanny verisimilitude, the sequel amps up the testosterone to seat us behind the eyes of a young man whose past haunts and invigorates him, and who realizes that you can take chances when you have nothing to lose. Where Jack winds up doesn't seem to bear as much importance as what he does—and who he fucks—along the way there. A slice of sweaty, blue-collar life from a bygone era captured in hard-edges on the page.
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| Original Title: | Tattoo |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.26 From 186 Users | 19 ReviewsEvaluate About Books Tattoo
I took 5 1/2 years of English in high school and I learned one important lesson: high school English sucks! I came away from all my honors courses thinking that if guys like Hemingway hadn't shot himself or Fitzgerald hadn't drank himself to death I'd be forced to kill them myself. Then when I was in the Navy I was stationed in Bremerton, WA for awhile. Right outside the base on my way to the ferry terminal I'd stop at a cool little comic book store that also sold used paperbacks (Sadly, it'sLeaving behind his crumpled mother with competing feelings of disgust and longing for her glory days of radiant, knee-weakening red hair and run-free hose, Jack flees his taboo-transgressing penury in order to inveigle his way into the United States Navy and swap the dust and grime of urban-hopping for that of the salt and spray of chasing islands. The hardships and hard knocks, con jobs and concupiscence, back-slapping and backhanding, grifts and griefs, sad sacks and sack-hopping of A Garden
The last of my collection of 20c flea-market books. It would have had more impact if it was a lot shorter, a lot of it was quite repetitive.
687 pages
Started this morning and just finished. This book could be the 'you' version of Edward Fortyhands. Incredibly well-written and moving, with many sections about love and loss and how to fuck it all up that cut you deep.
Earl Thompson is a great writer.
I read this book in 1977, when I was about 19 or so. In the Navy, and if I remember right, alot of time on my hands. It was a thick book,(paperback) and I remember it taking quite awhile to get through it. 35 years later and I can still recall some of the things I read. It made a profound impact on my life at the time.
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