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Hairstyles is an honest depiction of growing up punk on Chicago's south side: a study in the demons of racial intolerance, Catholic school conformism and class repression. It is the story of the riotous exploits of Brian, a high school burnout, and his best friend Gretchen, a punk rock girl fond of brawling.Joe Meno won the 2003 Nelson Algren Literary Award and is the author of Tender as Hellfire (St. Martin's, 1999) and How the Hula Girl Sings (HarperCollins, 2001). His online fictional serial, The Secret Hand, is published through Playboy Magazine. His short fiction has been published in TriQuarterly, Bridge, Other Voices Washington Square, and has been broadcast on National Public Radio. He lives in Chicago, and he is a columnist for Punk Planet magazine.

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So a big confession before anything else -- that I went into this book really wanting to like author Joe Meno. And ...more...]]> 2 4 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 06:04:33 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 11:55:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 15:56:29 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 13:09:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Sep 14 19:09:17 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 19:09:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 14:13:02 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 16:42:34 -0700 2007 The Boy Detective Fails Again by Meno first. I adore that book--it's one of my favorites. This one was disappointing, to say the least.

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For a work of fiction, this story reads much like a memoir, which is what I liked about it. The characters were interesting and developed in such an unconventional way, but I really liked the whole vibe I got reading this book, the refer...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:09:47 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:43:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Dec 15 17:01:44 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 17:02:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 18 21:01:16 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 05:47:45 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:42:24 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 13:07:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 15:45:16 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 17:50:53 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 15:45:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 17 19:46:19 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 20:07:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 24 14:56:44 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 15:10:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 true false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 23:49:44 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 23:39:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 15:00:04 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 14 12:22:42 -0700 2009 Hairstyles of the Damned, an interesting twist to the common coming of age story, is read through the male perspective of teenage Brian as he struggles between trying to be cool and getting what makes him truly happy: his fiesty best friend Gretchen. The story sees him through quite a few...more...]]>