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The Self-Esteem Holocaust Comes Home
by
Sam Pink
Why are three violent policemen in search of The Greatest Dad in theWorld? More importantly, why are two young men at a fast foodrestaurant talking about freezing bees? And good god, why are theretwo young ladies in the backyard during a Halloween party, shavingeach others' legs with a piece of a broken jaw bone?What will become of the old woman who slits her young boyfrie...more
Paperback, 292 pages
Published
December 13th 2009
by Six Gallery Press
(first published 2009)
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Just reprinted by Lazy Fascist Press, although I'm not sure if I should change this listing's info or a new version will pop up by itself. The editor says, "(This) is a re-release of The Self-Esteem Holocaust Comes Home, but it's a pretty major overhaul of the original. There's a new cover, a new play, and the original plays have undergone revisions."
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An interesting book of hybrid short stories/plays. Some I really liked and would love to produce some day. Others were just too much for me to handle, impossible to stage and leaving me not so much emotionally drained as just... uncomfortable. Profoundly uncomfortable. Then again, I think that's what Sam Pink is trying to do. Bring discomfort to an otherwise complacent generation. These plays are not for the weak of heart, but they've made me think hard about the dramatic form and what is accept...more
When I first watch this episode of flashforward I thought it was just like the other one I saw. I was wrong. This episode of flash forward is almost as good as my favorite new ps3 game, assassins creed.
I only care about popular culture and this is popular culture. When I write stuff, what I mean is, wow, what a powerhouse this book is.
I only care about popular culture and this is popular culture. When I write stuff, what I mean is, wow, what a powerhouse this book is.
I would give anything to see these plays acted out in a community theater with terrible actors.
Im finally reading it. So far its really good. I like that its read like a screenplay or read like parts of a play although short plays bc every chapter has different characters. Its well written and the blunt writing keeps me interested
The Self-Esteem Holocaust Comes Home is a buffet of food that doesn't taste what it looks like.
Now that I've read all of Sam Pink's books, here is my ordering of them, the order I would suggest people read / buy his work:
#1 You Hear Ambulance Sounds and Think They are for You
#2 The Self Esteem Holocaust Comes Home
#3 Frowns Need Friends Too
#4 I Am Going to Clone Myself Then Kill the Clone and Eat It
#5 Person
#1 You Hear Ambulance Sounds and Think They are for You
#2 The Self Esteem Holocaust Comes Home
#3 Frowns Need Friends Too
#4 I Am Going to Clone Myself Then Kill the Clone and Eat It
#5 Person
Sam Pink is a good ass dude. This book is a good ass book.
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Sam Pink is the author of The No Hellos Diet, Hurt Others, I Am Going to Clone Myself Then Kill the Clone and Eat It, Frowns Need Friends Too, and the cult hit Person. His writing has been published widely in print and on the internet, and also in other languages. He lives in Chicago, where he plays in the band Depressed Woman.
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