{"product_id":"kathy-acker-empire-of-the-senseless-a-novel-copy-2","title":"Kathy Acker: Rip-Off Red, Girl Defective and The Burning Bombing Of America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrove Press, 2002, hardcover, 144 pages,13.9 x 20.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst Edition. Good condition, shows signs of age and wear. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecently discovered and never before published, these two short novels were written in the early 1970s, at the beginning of Kathy Acker's writing career. Rip-off Red reads as a kind of Raymond Chandler for bad girls, as Acker's typical literary playfulness transforms the genre conventions of detective fiction into a book that is simultaneously a mystery and a personal, raunchy, and politically astute account of life in New York City. The Burning Bombing of America is a dystopian vision of the destruction of America, combining crypto-Socialist class critique with the visceral surreality of the Book of Revelation. Published together here, they reveal a young writer on a literary romp, imposing an original, sexy, and subversive worldview that is unmistakably Acker. They are a perfect introduction to Acker's oeuvre and essential for all Acker readers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58721197687168,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/WhatsAppImage2026-08-17at16.23.16.jpg?v=1786981266","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/kathy-acker-empire-of-the-senseless-a-novel-copy-2","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}