I Am Not Jackson Pollock

by John Haskell

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Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003. Illustrated 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brand New. 8.50 x 5.80 x 0.80. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 12.0 oz. A collection of short works includes Elephant Feelings, which intertwines the story of a circus elephant, the Hottentot Venus, and the Indian god Ganesha; Dream of a Clean State, in which Jackson Pollock has an identity crisis; and The Judgment of Psycho, an analysis of the sexual dynamic between Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. John Haskell's stories center on artists, writers, musicians, and actors, and the characters include not only the eponymous Pollock but also Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Hedy Lamarr, the Indian god Ganesh, and Hector and Paris of THE ILIAD. Nine intriguing debut pieces....Intellectually dazzling, emotionally chilly, and bound to provoke. -- Kirkus Reviews (02/01/2003) -- '[S]tory' does not properly describe what lies within these pages. True, Haskell's pieces are, to an extent, fictional narratives. However, they're also haunting history lessons, sophisticated notes on film and melancholy meditations on survival and death....Each piece is equally original, sad and strange.... -- Nation (06/16/2003). .