Summary
T. Coraghessan Boyle, Carolyn See, Kate Braverman, Harlan Ellison, Lawrence Thornton, Susan Straight, Jervey Tervalon, Jay Gummerman, Bernard Cooper, Douglas Messerli, Jim Krusoe, Ben Weissman, and Amy Gerstler contribute to this volume of stories about Los Angeles, done in cooperation with the "Santa Monica Review."
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Newstar Pr
Published date: 1996
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 383
Publisher's Notes
This unusual anthology chowcases what Los Angeles authors know the best--disasters--political, emotional, spiritual, natural, and otherwise. From tips on how to marry a Republican to surviving the atomic bomb, living through riots and ganges, to love and death on the freeways, Absolute Disaster takes a hard look at disasters through the eyes of some of the finest writers today.
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