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The Party Lords
People call him Buttcrack. He's in his early thirties and he's re-enrolled in high school. The other kids think he's a creepy loser. One day a kid asks him to buy beer for his party and Buttcrack figures this is his chance to fit in. But he loses his wallet and the lady at the liquor store won't sell him booze without an ID. To make things worse, his girlfriend won't help and a group of crazed rednecks keep harassing him. But he's a man on a mission. He's determined to party with teenagers. No matter the cost!
118 pages, Paperback
First published October 5, 2013
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November 13, 2013
Before I even get into this review, I just want to say that this is the funniest fucking book I have ever read in my life! I laughed out loud several times while reading it. Shit, I more than laughed out loud. I was cracking up, gasping for air at points, alone, on my couch, in my lonely apartment. Laughing by yourself is weird. Especially when it isn’t provoked by the television or someone else’s conversation. There’s no noise to fill in all those gaps between the titters. Laughter in a vacuum. Laughter in space. Naked laughter, surrounded in silence; it’s a strangely reflective and cathartic experience. So thanks, Grimbol, for that.
Also, here’s a quick warning about The Party Lords: if you can’t find any literary merit in things like awkward boners, gallons of jizz, the eating and/or pleasuring of buttholes, and off-putting sex with half-human redneck mutants, you might need to rethink the meaning of your life. Yes, it’s puerile, but it’s handled here with aplomb. To enjoy this book, follow these simple instructions: Step 1. Remove the intellectual stick you’ve got stuck up your ass – and - Step 2: Insert a turkey baster in there instead.
So I’m not going do one of those plot-summary-type reviews here because I assume you have the capability to scroll this webpage upward and read the blurb for the book yourself. Did you do that? Good, let’s move on then. What I am going to do is talk about the three main characters in this book, the personal connection I felt towards all of them, and then hopefully, I’ll be able to tie the whole thing up with a thesis statement that answers the only real question this book poses: Is there anything to be learned from Buttcrack and the boys?
Let’s start with the protagonist of this tale, Buttcrack. Buttcrack is a 30-year-old dude who has re-enrolled in high school for reasons either unmentioned or I can’t remember. It’s irrelevant, though. The point is, he’s an “old guy” who absolutely refuses to grow up. He doesn’t take his relationship with his girlfriend very seriously. He doesn’t take his friendships or future very seriously. He’s not looking to get all introspective about himself. He’s just...trying to live, somewhere in that middle place between being a carefree teen and an overburdened adult. As a 30-year-old “old guy” myself, who doesn’t take his relationships, shitty jobs, or future (or lack thereof) very seriously, Buttcrack is immediately relatable to me. Like Buttcrack, I’ve seen some of my friends change; become responsible and productive members or society, or whatever hackneyed phrase they use to signify that people have stopped being fun and have started becoming adults. And although I don’t think I’ve remained stagnant all these years, or that I haven’t grown as a person since my high school days because YES I’ve changed a little too – but I still look at my more “responsible” friends like they’re aliens. I mean, is there something wrong with ME because my priorities aren’t the same as theirs? I don’t want to make a lot of money, I don’t want to commute to work, I don’t want a “good job”, I don’t want a mortgage, wife and kids. This isn’t to say I won’t EVER want those things, or that I’ve been running from my own inevitable maturity. I’ve just looked inside myself and done what felt right for me. Does that make me Buttcrack? Yeah, maybe. But shit, man, what the fuck is adulthood anyway? I realized something while reading this book: Most adults are just kids in big people’s clothing. Adults don’t know shit. They just pretend they do. And when you’re little you listen to them because they act like they know what they’re talking about. REAL maturity is about self-reflection, and following the call within yourself, even if that bucks the grain. Even if that call means remaining immature. So thank you, Buttcrack, for that revelation. If you were real, you and I would be definitely be homies.
Next we move on to Ta-Bone, named so because he loves ta bone. This was my favorite character in the book. Ta-bone is a slightly awkward kid, fashioned in what I assume is the image of Stiles from Teen Wolf. That’s the original Michael J. Fox version of Teen Wolf I’m referring to, not that MTV soap-opera version they got going on now. Ta-Bone is constantly on a quest to get laid. An unquenchable libido, a blunt and fast-talker, and absolutely no standards at all. To read a character like Ta-Bone is a relief, of sorts - to be so straight-forward, so unabashed, so clear of vision, especially when it comes to something as metaphorically and physically messy as sex. A character like Ta-Bone is a nostalgia trip for me, as I’m pretty sure I was Ta-Bone back in my high school days. I’m pretty sure I’m still Ta-Bone today; you don’t want to see some of the fuglies I’ve had to sleep with. It’s exhausting being as sexually proficient as I am. HAHAHAHA. Pretty much all the lines that made me laugh out loud in this book were uttered by Ta-Bone.
The invariable yin to Ta-Bone’s yang is Ralph. Ralph is a fat, nerdy, reserved kind of kid. If I was outwardly Ta-Bone back in high school, Ralph was who I was inside: Insecure. Anxiety-prone. Secretly hanging massive dong. Heh. Ralph is that little voice in your head when you’re barreling into a dangerous or uncomfortable situation, that little voice that says “Should we really be doing this?” Yeah, it’s kind of annoying, but a necessarily contrast. Necessary for self-preservation in real-life, and necessary for progressing the narrative and character arcs forward in the world of The Party Lords. He is a great addition to the motley crew of Buttcrack and Ta-Bone and a valuable component in their journey to find someone to buy them booze and get to the party at the Perfect Kid’s house.
Ok. You still with me here? This sprawling ramble-of-a-review has taken on Melvillian proportions. I’m about to wrap it up. I promise.
So what is my thesis? What did I learn from these three people? What is the point of this book and all the words I just wrote about it? Well...I suppose there really isn’t one, per se. Perhaps what I walked away from The Party Lords was is this: sometimes life is just about having fun. Big Fun. Perhaps that’s ALL life is about, in the end. And we don’t need to dive much deeper than that.
Also, here’s a quick warning about The Party Lords: if you can’t find any literary merit in things like awkward boners, gallons of jizz, the eating and/or pleasuring of buttholes, and off-putting sex with half-human redneck mutants, you might need to rethink the meaning of your life. Yes, it’s puerile, but it’s handled here with aplomb. To enjoy this book, follow these simple instructions: Step 1. Remove the intellectual stick you’ve got stuck up your ass – and - Step 2: Insert a turkey baster in there instead.
So I’m not going do one of those plot-summary-type reviews here because I assume you have the capability to scroll this webpage upward and read the blurb for the book yourself. Did you do that? Good, let’s move on then. What I am going to do is talk about the three main characters in this book, the personal connection I felt towards all of them, and then hopefully, I’ll be able to tie the whole thing up with a thesis statement that answers the only real question this book poses: Is there anything to be learned from Buttcrack and the boys?
Let’s start with the protagonist of this tale, Buttcrack. Buttcrack is a 30-year-old dude who has re-enrolled in high school for reasons either unmentioned or I can’t remember. It’s irrelevant, though. The point is, he’s an “old guy” who absolutely refuses to grow up. He doesn’t take his relationship with his girlfriend very seriously. He doesn’t take his friendships or future very seriously. He’s not looking to get all introspective about himself. He’s just...trying to live, somewhere in that middle place between being a carefree teen and an overburdened adult. As a 30-year-old “old guy” myself, who doesn’t take his relationships, shitty jobs, or future (or lack thereof) very seriously, Buttcrack is immediately relatable to me. Like Buttcrack, I’ve seen some of my friends change; become responsible and productive members or society, or whatever hackneyed phrase they use to signify that people have stopped being fun and have started becoming adults. And although I don’t think I’ve remained stagnant all these years, or that I haven’t grown as a person since my high school days because YES I’ve changed a little too – but I still look at my more “responsible” friends like they’re aliens. I mean, is there something wrong with ME because my priorities aren’t the same as theirs? I don’t want to make a lot of money, I don’t want to commute to work, I don’t want a “good job”, I don’t want a mortgage, wife and kids. This isn’t to say I won’t EVER want those things, or that I’ve been running from my own inevitable maturity. I’ve just looked inside myself and done what felt right for me. Does that make me Buttcrack? Yeah, maybe. But shit, man, what the fuck is adulthood anyway? I realized something while reading this book: Most adults are just kids in big people’s clothing. Adults don’t know shit. They just pretend they do. And when you’re little you listen to them because they act like they know what they’re talking about. REAL maturity is about self-reflection, and following the call within yourself, even if that bucks the grain. Even if that call means remaining immature. So thank you, Buttcrack, for that revelation. If you were real, you and I would be definitely be homies.
Next we move on to Ta-Bone, named so because he loves ta bone. This was my favorite character in the book. Ta-bone is a slightly awkward kid, fashioned in what I assume is the image of Stiles from Teen Wolf. That’s the original Michael J. Fox version of Teen Wolf I’m referring to, not that MTV soap-opera version they got going on now. Ta-Bone is constantly on a quest to get laid. An unquenchable libido, a blunt and fast-talker, and absolutely no standards at all. To read a character like Ta-Bone is a relief, of sorts - to be so straight-forward, so unabashed, so clear of vision, especially when it comes to something as metaphorically and physically messy as sex. A character like Ta-Bone is a nostalgia trip for me, as I’m pretty sure I was Ta-Bone back in my high school days. I’m pretty sure I’m still Ta-Bone today; you don’t want to see some of the fuglies I’ve had to sleep with. It’s exhausting being as sexually proficient as I am. HAHAHAHA. Pretty much all the lines that made me laugh out loud in this book were uttered by Ta-Bone.
The invariable yin to Ta-Bone’s yang is Ralph. Ralph is a fat, nerdy, reserved kind of kid. If I was outwardly Ta-Bone back in high school, Ralph was who I was inside: Insecure. Anxiety-prone. Secretly hanging massive dong. Heh. Ralph is that little voice in your head when you’re barreling into a dangerous or uncomfortable situation, that little voice that says “Should we really be doing this?” Yeah, it’s kind of annoying, but a necessarily contrast. Necessary for self-preservation in real-life, and necessary for progressing the narrative and character arcs forward in the world of The Party Lords. He is a great addition to the motley crew of Buttcrack and Ta-Bone and a valuable component in their journey to find someone to buy them booze and get to the party at the Perfect Kid’s house.
Ok. You still with me here? This sprawling ramble-of-a-review has taken on Melvillian proportions. I’m about to wrap it up. I promise.
So what is my thesis? What did I learn from these three people? What is the point of this book and all the words I just wrote about it? Well...I suppose there really isn’t one, per se. Perhaps what I walked away from The Party Lords was is this: sometimes life is just about having fun. Big Fun. Perhaps that’s ALL life is about, in the end. And we don’t need to dive much deeper than that.
November 27, 2013
Grownups kinda suck. They think they are always right. If they are successful, they think they can tell you what to do. If they have responsibilities, their responsibilities are more important than yours. They give you advice and tell you what to do "for your own good" because they "know best". That is complete and utter bullshit!
Buttcrack is the most successful and responsible grownup in this book. People call him a loser, but he is considerate of people’s feelings. People call him a slacker, but when he makes a commitment, he does everything in his power to fulfill it. People call him immature, but he truly cares. He does seem like a bit of a fuck up, but I think he's just having a bad day.
This story is very funny. Lots of inappropriate antics and mayhem, lots of ass fun and sex games, lots of drinking, and the best fucking high school party you have ever been to. Most importantly, there are lots of grownups realizing that being a grownup is not always the best way to be. I think a lot of grownups could learn a few things from ol' Buttcrack.
Yeah, grownups kinda suck, but it's because they have forgotten that it’s ok to have fun, it’s good to honor even the shallowest of commitments, and it's important to be non-judgmental and accepting of those who are different. Being a grownup isn't knowing everything, it's being able to know the right thing at the right time.
So, it’s ok to be clueless. Because, sometimes, just when it appears you are the most irresponsible and idiotic loser in the bunch, you turn out to be the only REAL grownup in the room. Even the most grownup of grownups can appreciate that.
Buttcrack is the most successful and responsible grownup in this book. People call him a loser, but he is considerate of people’s feelings. People call him a slacker, but when he makes a commitment, he does everything in his power to fulfill it. People call him immature, but he truly cares. He does seem like a bit of a fuck up, but I think he's just having a bad day.
This story is very funny. Lots of inappropriate antics and mayhem, lots of ass fun and sex games, lots of drinking, and the best fucking high school party you have ever been to. Most importantly, there are lots of grownups realizing that being a grownup is not always the best way to be. I think a lot of grownups could learn a few things from ol' Buttcrack.
Yeah, grownups kinda suck, but it's because they have forgotten that it’s ok to have fun, it’s good to honor even the shallowest of commitments, and it's important to be non-judgmental and accepting of those who are different. Being a grownup isn't knowing everything, it's being able to know the right thing at the right time.
So, it’s ok to be clueless. Because, sometimes, just when it appears you are the most irresponsible and idiotic loser in the bunch, you turn out to be the only REAL grownup in the room. Even the most grownup of grownups can appreciate that.
November 15, 2020
Crazy shit
This is the first book I've read by Justin Grimbol and it was so awesome. It is definitely the funniest book I've read. I don't want to say to much but it is very bizarre and really fucking funny. It's crude it's crazy it's juvenile it had me laughing out loud pretty much every chapter. I'm definitely going to check out more of this guy's work just awesome.
This is the first book I've read by Justin Grimbol and it was so awesome. It is definitely the funniest book I've read. I don't want to say to much but it is very bizarre and really fucking funny. It's crude it's crazy it's juvenile it had me laughing out loud pretty much every chapter. I'm definitely going to check out more of this guy's work just awesome.
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May 2, 2018I have a high tolerance for gross, as long as it serves a purpose of some sort. I believe the grossness on display here was meant to amuse, but to me came off as dull as a Beavis and Butthead marathon. If the thought of a man getting anally reamed by his girlfriend with a turkey baster full of mucus while his friends watch tickles your funny bone, then this is the book for you.
Maybe I am just too old for this shit. :-) Found it to be more puerile and disgusting than genuinely funny. But I'll refrain from leaving a negative rating because this book may in fact be excellent within its genre.
Maybe I am just too old for this shit. :-) Found it to be more puerile and disgusting than genuinely funny. But I'll refrain from leaving a negative rating because this book may in fact be excellent within its genre.
October 16, 2023
It's me. Hi. I'm the problem, it's me.
Remember how I said I would dive into another book in the near future? So, it's like the super near future of any kind of future because here I am. Definitely liked this one a lot better than the other one but only a smidge more. Will try another book for sure.
Remember how I said I would dive into another book in the near future? So, it's like the super near future of any kind of future because here I am. Definitely liked this one a lot better than the other one but only a smidge more. Will try another book for sure.
November 3, 2013
All I want to know is where I can get my hands on some Big Fun!
November 10, 2015
This was so much fun. When Buttcrack cannot find his ID and needs the booze for the party, the ensuing quest for someone to buy brought me back to my late teens. In fact, there were many points in the book where I was reflecting on the younger me vs. the current me. It was a very funny and quick read. Once the mutants and the big fun became part of the story, things really got interesting. Check this out if you are like me, someone who is really only an adult on the outside.
October 29, 2013
Buttcrack is 30 and still enrolled in high school. His girlfriend drops him off in the mornings and gets him off with a beer filled turkey baster at night. Because of Buttcrack's bohemian ways, he makes friends with another ne'erdowell named Ta'Bone. When things go sour with the girlfriend, Buttcrack escapes to the party atmosphere and buys booze for all his high school friends. He's mastered the art of never growing up, and making friends with mutants who make Big Fun, a drink that makes moonshine look like Mike's Hard Lemonade by comparison!
For those unfamiliar with Grimbol's style, it is not a scholarly or pretentious style. He pours out every degree of sexual bohemia he can possibly conjure onto the page, and expects you to be able to handle it. By the time you have, he's moved on to three other sexcapades even more outrageous. Reoccurring themes in his work (Crudmasters and now this) include: awkward sex, bodily functions and never growing up.
For those unfamiliar with Grimbol's style, it is not a scholarly or pretentious style. He pours out every degree of sexual bohemia he can possibly conjure onto the page, and expects you to be able to handle it. By the time you have, he's moved on to three other sexcapades even more outrageous. Reoccurring themes in his work (Crudmasters and now this) include: awkward sex, bodily functions and never growing up.
December 2, 2022
Buttcrack is man in his 30s who has re-enrolled in high school cause he thinks it’s fun. He tries to fit in with the kids, and even has a few friends. To gain popularity he has to bring booze to a teenage raver.
He’s lost his wallet so we travel with him down memory lane, trying to find someone he knows willing to buy alcohol.
There are mutants, there are dicks, there are chakras & lots of Big Fun. Every moment of this book was ridiculous and hilarious!! I was seriously laughing out loud for most of it.
Give this book a read asap!!
He’s lost his wallet so we travel with him down memory lane, trying to find someone he knows willing to buy alcohol.
There are mutants, there are dicks, there are chakras & lots of Big Fun. Every moment of this book was ridiculous and hilarious!! I was seriously laughing out loud for most of it.
Give this book a read asap!!
October 17, 2013
LIKE A SEXY, MUTANT-Y SUPERBAD...
This book is awesome. It is almost like an exact novelization of my time in high school, complete with mutants and lots of sexy sex. It was like a better, funnier, crazier version of the movie Superbad.
The book follows Buttcrack, a 30 year old dude who has re-enrolled in high school because he doesn’t want to grow up, doesn’t understand the meaning of the words “grown up”. But no one likes him in high school because he’s just some creepy old dude whose butt-crack is always hanging out. He only has two friends Ta-Bone and Ralph, and they are both totally awesome in their own ways, but are also two outcast/losers. Ta-Bone just doesn’t know it or care about it. One day Buttcrack is asked by Perfect Kid is he can by booze for a totally raging party he is throwing. Buttcrack thinks this is his in with the cool kids. But he loses his wallet and every liquor store keeps IDing him, even though he is totally super old. And some mutant hillbillies are stalking him. His girlfriend won’t help, and his old friends are all totally grown-up and lame.
Seriously, this book is awesome. I was reading it on the train and laughing so loud people were moving away from me. This is Justin Grimbol, man, his books are awesome and sexy and hilarious. Read it. Read it. Read it.
This book is awesome. It is almost like an exact novelization of my time in high school, complete with mutants and lots of sexy sex. It was like a better, funnier, crazier version of the movie Superbad.
The book follows Buttcrack, a 30 year old dude who has re-enrolled in high school because he doesn’t want to grow up, doesn’t understand the meaning of the words “grown up”. But no one likes him in high school because he’s just some creepy old dude whose butt-crack is always hanging out. He only has two friends Ta-Bone and Ralph, and they are both totally awesome in their own ways, but are also two outcast/losers. Ta-Bone just doesn’t know it or care about it. One day Buttcrack is asked by Perfect Kid is he can by booze for a totally raging party he is throwing. Buttcrack thinks this is his in with the cool kids. But he loses his wallet and every liquor store keeps IDing him, even though he is totally super old. And some mutant hillbillies are stalking him. His girlfriend won’t help, and his old friends are all totally grown-up and lame.
Seriously, this book is awesome. I was reading it on the train and laughing so loud people were moving away from me. This is Justin Grimbol, man, his books are awesome and sexy and hilarious. Read it. Read it. Read it.
November 11, 2013
This is a fun read--great dialogue, extreme insanity, and scenes that simultaneously grossed me out and fascinated me. This is the first book of Grimbol's that I've read. I'm happy (and eager) to read more, not just for the shocks and laughs, but for being able to read someone who can write so fluidly and beautifully about such a zany premise. Definitely recommended for fans of Bizarro, comedy, and those who get off on overall strangeness.
November 3, 2013
This was REALLY funny. Unless you’re mature, then it was really stupid and childish. I however may be the most immature 34 year old on the planet, so I thought it was funny as hell.
Somebody else described it as “LIKE A SEXY, MUTANT-Y SUPERBAD...” I don’t think other words could sum this book up better. So I’m stealing these ones.
Recommended for old dudes who like to party.
Somebody else described it as “LIKE A SEXY, MUTANT-Y SUPERBAD...” I don’t think other words could sum this book up better. So I’m stealing these ones.
Recommended for old dudes who like to party.
September 14, 2020
Party Lords is Billy Madison on crack. A laugh-out-loud gut punch that tosses in the party saviors. Celebrate with your own beer run and toss back a few.
Great read.
Great read.
November 28, 2017
funny. reminds me of another story.
January 15, 2014
Every story I have read from Justin Grimbol, from shorts like Laser Tits from Tall Tales with Short Cocks II and The Crudmasters to his appearances in random anthologies and 'zines, no matter short or long, I have always read them voraciously in one sitting, rarely taking a break, and have always had a blast from the copyright page to his bio.
The characters are always relatable and unforgettable, and the prose-style is always straight forward, no nonsense.
The Party Lords, is about as fun and feel-good as stories get and Grimbol is hands down, the dirtiest minded writer out there. But not sleazy-dirty. There is heart to the perversion, and innocence and playful, juvenile nature to the narrators and their approach to sex that gives the reader a nostalgic feeling. I mean words like, 'Weiner' and 'Butthole' are so endearing there is almost an 'aww'-quality to things like a character plucking out a dingleberry with his teeth, and spitting it across the room before his partner notices--yeah, Grimbol is a smooth writer and makes it a lot easier to take in.
This is a weird buddy comedy too, chock full of gags that are laugh-out-loud, you never see coming.
Great book
The characters are always relatable and unforgettable, and the prose-style is always straight forward, no nonsense.
The Party Lords, is about as fun and feel-good as stories get and Grimbol is hands down, the dirtiest minded writer out there. But not sleazy-dirty. There is heart to the perversion, and innocence and playful, juvenile nature to the narrators and their approach to sex that gives the reader a nostalgic feeling. I mean words like, 'Weiner' and 'Butthole' are so endearing there is almost an 'aww'-quality to things like a character plucking out a dingleberry with his teeth, and spitting it across the room before his partner notices--yeah, Grimbol is a smooth writer and makes it a lot easier to take in.
This is a weird buddy comedy too, chock full of gags that are laugh-out-loud, you never see coming.
Great book
March 3, 2014
Justin Grimbol's THE PARTY LORDS is a full throttle teen/frat romp that hits the nitro button half way thru it's run and goes balls to the wall Bizarro flying all the way to the finish line. The bottom line: fun. Big Fun.
At first, the unlikely tale of a thirty-something going back to high school where the lines between age and responsibility get blurred. A story that will hold is own against the most classic of teen movies. But then, seemingly out of nowhere, this thing goes balls out Bizarro with pus play and the most epic high school house party ever thrown, all fueled by the mythical beverage, Big Fun.
This is a cult classic in the making. Pick it up and read it. Be a hipster and say you read it before it was cool. Then go drink some Big Fun.
At first, the unlikely tale of a thirty-something going back to high school where the lines between age and responsibility get blurred. A story that will hold is own against the most classic of teen movies. But then, seemingly out of nowhere, this thing goes balls out Bizarro with pus play and the most epic high school house party ever thrown, all fueled by the mythical beverage, Big Fun.
This is a cult classic in the making. Pick it up and read it. Be a hipster and say you read it before it was cool. Then go drink some Big Fun.
October 7, 2014
WOW, that's was fun!
Buttcrack is thirty-year old man who is re-enrolled in high school. He doesn't want to grow up. He likes to surround himself with teenagers. And when he is chosen by the coolest kid in school to buy booze for his party, he embarks in a quest with his two friens.
There are mutants, people urinating and defecating out of a moving truck, a turkey baster being inserted in a guy's anus, ass licking... fun for the whole family. The theme of "never wanting to grow up" is constant in this book. I got to say I felt a personal connection to Buttcrack, right down to our shared love to big butts. This is a highly quotable book, and made me want to read more from the author.
Buttcrack is thirty-year old man who is re-enrolled in high school. He doesn't want to grow up. He likes to surround himself with teenagers. And when he is chosen by the coolest kid in school to buy booze for his party, he embarks in a quest with his two friens.
There are mutants, people urinating and defecating out of a moving truck, a turkey baster being inserted in a guy's anus, ass licking... fun for the whole family. The theme of "never wanting to grow up" is constant in this book. I got to say I felt a personal connection to Buttcrack, right down to our shared love to big butts. This is a highly quotable book, and made me want to read more from the author.
May 12, 2015
This book was great! It may be my new favorite from Grimbol!
August 22, 2019
I'll say this about Bizarro Fiction; for better or worse it always manages to surprise me. Whether its seeing the weird and strange ways the genre can surprise or repulse me, Bizarro is something to keep an eye on and also want to go wash my hands in industrial bleach afterward.
The Party Lords has a pretty self-explanatory plot. At its core its an 80's teen sex comedy filtered through a Bizarro lens. Buttcrack is a 30 something bloke still going to high school. A hippy student called Perfect Kid is hosting an awesome party but he needs booze. So what follows is Buttcrack's misadventures as he tries to dig up some booze for the party. If nothing else, the plot is pretty easy to follow, with each attempt to dig up some booze getting more and more outlandish until I was stifling nervous giggles at how over the top the story became.
The writing like a lot of Bizarro work I've read, is simple, straightforward with little flounce and flourish. Short sentences with simple descriptions. Point by point explanations and a little infodumping here and there. And for the most part, it works fine. The story is short and basic and doesn't overstay its welcome, but it didn't set my arse-hairs on fire either.
The characters are serviceable enough, pretty much filling out the roles of 80's sex comedies to a tee. Buttcrack is your typical horny protagonist with the key point being that he's over 30 years old, so a lot of the "character development" you see out of him comes from him reconciling his age vs his refusal to grow up against his former schoolmates who have. His best friend Ta-Bone (cause he likes Ta-Bone the ladies) is your typical nerdy weaselly best friend who's desperate to get laid. Ralph is the nervous weird dork (albeit hung like horse with viagra), Renee (whose arse is described as a "rhino butt") is the hot chick at the end of the rainbow and the mutants - yes cause there's mutants in this - are the misunderstood clique who just want to have fun.
The one thing I can say about the Party Lords that makes it stand out is that there's something a little grotty about it. It makes me feel like I'm reading someone's old copy of Hustler with half the pages stuck together. The atmosphere of the novel feels grimy and the characters feel more than a little grungy with moments of really sloppy sex, body mutilation, toilet humour and more bodily fluids than a swinger party where someone spiked the punch with laxatives and Viagra. And whether you see that as part of the book's unashamed charm or is enough of a reason to pitch it out a window is up to you.
Overall, The Party Lords is at best a stupidly fun read that will leave feel like taking a shower afterward. Not a bad thing mind you, because at least that gives you a chance to have a quiet wank.
The Party Lords has a pretty self-explanatory plot. At its core its an 80's teen sex comedy filtered through a Bizarro lens. Buttcrack is a 30 something bloke still going to high school. A hippy student called Perfect Kid is hosting an awesome party but he needs booze. So what follows is Buttcrack's misadventures as he tries to dig up some booze for the party. If nothing else, the plot is pretty easy to follow, with each attempt to dig up some booze getting more and more outlandish until I was stifling nervous giggles at how over the top the story became.
The writing like a lot of Bizarro work I've read, is simple, straightforward with little flounce and flourish. Short sentences with simple descriptions. Point by point explanations and a little infodumping here and there. And for the most part, it works fine. The story is short and basic and doesn't overstay its welcome, but it didn't set my arse-hairs on fire either.
The characters are serviceable enough, pretty much filling out the roles of 80's sex comedies to a tee. Buttcrack is your typical horny protagonist with the key point being that he's over 30 years old, so a lot of the "character development" you see out of him comes from him reconciling his age vs his refusal to grow up against his former schoolmates who have. His best friend Ta-Bone (cause he likes Ta-Bone the ladies) is your typical nerdy weaselly best friend who's desperate to get laid. Ralph is the nervous weird dork (albeit hung like horse with viagra), Renee (whose arse is described as a "rhino butt") is the hot chick at the end of the rainbow and the mutants - yes cause there's mutants in this - are the misunderstood clique who just want to have fun.
The one thing I can say about the Party Lords that makes it stand out is that there's something a little grotty about it. It makes me feel like I'm reading someone's old copy of Hustler with half the pages stuck together. The atmosphere of the novel feels grimy and the characters feel more than a little grungy with moments of really sloppy sex, body mutilation, toilet humour and more bodily fluids than a swinger party where someone spiked the punch with laxatives and Viagra. And whether you see that as part of the book's unashamed charm or is enough of a reason to pitch it out a window is up to you.
Overall, The Party Lords is at best a stupidly fun read that will leave feel like taking a shower afterward. Not a bad thing mind you, because at least that gives you a chance to have a quiet wank.
July 18, 2018
Only the grimbollest of grimbols.
I love reading new stuff by Justin Grimbol. The simple prose and the ordinary but slightly stranger characters goes really well with the weird situations they keep ending up in. This is a story about just how much one person can f up in a day and still come out on top.
I love reading new stuff by Justin Grimbol. The simple prose and the ordinary but slightly stranger characters goes really well with the weird situations they keep ending up in. This is a story about just how much one person can f up in a day and still come out on top.
October 22, 2014
The Part Lords isn't for everyone and that's perfectly fine because if you're easily offended by turkey basters in asses or a kid who has an orgasm every time someone fights this isn't something you're going to enjoy.
For those who have an open mind and a sense of humor The Party Lords is the kind of book you read when you're having a crappy day and need to laugh so hard you pee yourself. Justin has a style all of his own but just below the humor and crudeness are characters that everyone can relate too.
These are people that we've all met a time or two and sure, as a an adult we've often felt like buttcrack and wanted to return to a time when life wasn't so difficult. This is a book about an adventure to find booze but becomes so much more.
Grimbol is the kind of writer that you can't help but like because he's a solid story teller even if the story itself becomes so bizarre you begin to wonder how it'll all end. How far will Grimbol go? You're just going to have to read the book and find out.
For those who have an open mind and a sense of humor The Party Lords is the kind of book you read when you're having a crappy day and need to laugh so hard you pee yourself. Justin has a style all of his own but just below the humor and crudeness are characters that everyone can relate too.
These are people that we've all met a time or two and sure, as a an adult we've often felt like buttcrack and wanted to return to a time when life wasn't so difficult. This is a book about an adventure to find booze but becomes so much more.
Grimbol is the kind of writer that you can't help but like because he's a solid story teller even if the story itself becomes so bizarre you begin to wonder how it'll all end. How far will Grimbol go? You're just going to have to read the book and find out.
November 9, 2013
Bizarro Perfection (With Redneck Booze Mutants)
Justin Grimbol has developed a one-of-a-kind voice, making him a standout among bizarro authors. This book earned its place among my favorite bizarro books because of its nonstop laugh out loud humor and, believe it or not, its subtlety. In some bizarro books, you are hurled straight into the weirdness. In Party Lords, the focus is on comedy first. The setup is that the main character is a 32-year-old man who still attends high school and engages in all the typical high school hijinks. Time is spent getting to know the main character (whose name is Buttcrack, by the way) as he and his buddies set off on a quest for brew in an attempt to get in with the popular kids at school. Then, at just the right moment, the redneck booze mutants appear and everything just goes crazy. This book is pretty much bizarro perfection.
Justin Grimbol has developed a one-of-a-kind voice, making him a standout among bizarro authors. This book earned its place among my favorite bizarro books because of its nonstop laugh out loud humor and, believe it or not, its subtlety. In some bizarro books, you are hurled straight into the weirdness. In Party Lords, the focus is on comedy first. The setup is that the main character is a 32-year-old man who still attends high school and engages in all the typical high school hijinks. Time is spent getting to know the main character (whose name is Buttcrack, by the way) as he and his buddies set off on a quest for brew in an attempt to get in with the popular kids at school. Then, at just the right moment, the redneck booze mutants appear and everything just goes crazy. This book is pretty much bizarro perfection.
December 6, 2014
This is probably the funniest book I have ever read. It is a hilarious, irresponsible, immoral tale that is so perfectly executed that an intelligent reader will get more than just dozens of laugh-out-loud moments. Although much of this may seem like immature toilet humor, this story transcends such a description. The intelligent reader will recognize that this is a journey that everyone experiences, the crossing of that fine line between wanting to grow up and wanting to stay a kid. Here, we see the glory and terror of both, possibly not really sure where to lean in the end. Regardless, this story makes us think in the wildest sense of the word. Grimbol is an absolute master of humor, and this is funnier and more clever than any mainstream movie or show that tries to explore the same themes. There is a little bit of Buttcrack in all of us.
May 21, 2021
This might just be the dumbest, most disgusting book I've ever read and it is great because of that!
A 32 year old man has re-enrolled in high school for reasons that remain unclear. He's been nicknamed Buttcrack by his fellow kids and is approached by one of the most popular kids to buy booze for his party at the weekend. Well, Buttcrack loses his wallet and he and pals, Ta-Bone and Ralph, head out on a epic quest to obtain booze while all learning some serious(ly fucked up) life lessons.
Grimbol writes engagingly and hilariously in this bizarro novella ratcheting up the "holy shit" factor as the book progresses. There are definitely unforgettable moments within and it'll be down to your disposition whether you embrace this book or kill it with fire.
The blurb was too much for me to resist having a read and it only gets more glorious from there.
A 32 year old man has re-enrolled in high school for reasons that remain unclear. He's been nicknamed Buttcrack by his fellow kids and is approached by one of the most popular kids to buy booze for his party at the weekend. Well, Buttcrack loses his wallet and he and pals, Ta-Bone and Ralph, head out on a epic quest to obtain booze while all learning some serious(ly fucked up) life lessons.
Grimbol writes engagingly and hilariously in this bizarro novella ratcheting up the "holy shit" factor as the book progresses. There are definitely unforgettable moments within and it'll be down to your disposition whether you embrace this book or kill it with fire.
The blurb was too much for me to resist having a read and it only gets more glorious from there.
February 8, 2014
This reminds me of the movie Superbad - only with weirdly gross mutants haha.
There are a few laugh-out-loud moments in the book. Its a short read, which is a plus. After reading it I can't really tell you the "meaning" of it... its just a very odd, weird, funny tale about a thirty something year old who doesn't want to grow up so he enrolls in high school and hangs out with teenagers. A lot of "wild" and very "disturbing" things happen. Its a little over a hundred pages so you can't go wrong with this book if you have an hour to kill
There are a few laugh-out-loud moments in the book. Its a short read, which is a plus. After reading it I can't really tell you the "meaning" of it... its just a very odd, weird, funny tale about a thirty something year old who doesn't want to grow up so he enrolls in high school and hangs out with teenagers. A lot of "wild" and very "disturbing" things happen. Its a little over a hundred pages so you can't go wrong with this book if you have an hour to kill
August 6, 2016
I guess if you find a grown man that skeeves on underage girls funny than this book is for you. Or if you find a grown man who hangs out with two teenage boys, supplies booze, drugs and encouragement to live a violent, irresponsible, disgusting lifestyle than this book is alsof for you. I am not a prude by a long shot but I found this book to be so blantantly reprehensible I could barely stomach it. Honest to god, books like Grapes of Wrath get banned but not this crap?
December 4, 2013
Hilarious, Horribly Filthy, at times Shocking, Total Madness!! It has been a long time since I have picked up a piece of Bizarro Fiction. Reminds me of Carlton Mellick III. This book is not for everyone. If you want to laugh out loud and are not easily disgusted, grab it and get ready to laugh or throw up in your mouth.
February 25, 2020
I read this in about two days and kept giggling. When my kids kept asking me what was so funny I took myself to the bathroom to read, which was truly the appropriate place to read this potty humor. "Why is Mom laughing on the toilet?"
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July 28, 2019This is a thing I found on the shelf at a bar. I read it and returned it to the same spot. That is where it belongs.
September 17, 2014
Probably one of the strangest stories I've ever read. Not well written but will give you a chuckle. #BigFun
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