WHORES FOR GLORIA

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WHORES FOR GLORIA

With his first three works of fictionâ€”the novels You Bright and Risen Angels and The Ice-Shirt, and the collection The Rainbow Storiesâ€”William T. Vollmann announced himself as a writer of rare and ferocious talent, with critics comparing him to William Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, and T.C. Boyle.
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His new novel is the story of Jimmy, who has been deserted by his lover, a prostitute by the name of Gloria. In the despair of his loneliness, and his drunken grief, he reassembles Gloriaâ€™s presence out of whatever he can buy from the hookers on the streetâ€”the fragments of their lives and dreams, and locks of hair they are willing to share for a price. In his search for these snatches of intimacy he meets the hustlers, drunks, and prostitutes of San Franciscoâ€™s Tenderloin district: Candy, who beats her customers when they ask for it but refuses to let them call her a bitch; Snake, who pimps his wife; Nicole, whose job it is to give men AIDS; Jack, who shoots his womanâ€™s earnings into his arm but still likes Chopin even though he doesnâ€™t have a record player; and Gloria, who may or may not be a figment of Jimmyâ€™s imagination.
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Vollmann writes with explosive power of the inner city, unflinching in the way he confronts the solitude of the homeless and unloved, the insulted and the injured of skid-row America. His exhilarating, high-voltage style and lyric language touch the heart and retrieve a jubilant integrity from the harsh struggles of his characters. Here is a world of harrowing truth, beautifully expressed by a writer of prodigious gifts.

Country	USA
Author	William T. Vollmann
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1st
EISBN	9780307827722
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Pantheon
Manufacturer	Pantheon
NumberOfPages	138
PublicationDate	2013-01-02
Publisher	Pantheon
ReleaseDate	2013-01-02
Studio	Pantheon

WHORES FOR GLORIA

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