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The Cutest Girl in Class
Vehicle for warped desire or major contribution to the modern novel, The Cutest Girl in Class steals the prosthetic hand of modern existence, gloves it in the leopard-skin of amazing style and idiom, and then proceeds to slap modern existence in the face with its own stolen hand.
Zak is a man who likes to play with dolls - Real Dolls. Clive is a boy longing for Marybeth, the girl next door. Now their disparate streams of lust and longing are about to cross, thanks to Thad, an aspiring, almost heartbreaking criminal, and Clive's father, whose obsession with "inorganic women" endangers them all. A unique collaboration from Quentin S. Crisp ("Remember You're A One-Ball!"), Justin Isis (I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like) and Brendan Connell (Metrophilias), this serious novel with something serious to say is a lunatic three-headed dragon, equal parts rollicking caper, ribald farce and embittered love story. Fraught with double crosses and missing mannequins, this is Waiting for Godot meets Beach Blanket Bingo, the two of them falling in love and getting married in a church where the priest is John Waters.
Zak is a man who likes to play with dolls - Real Dolls. Clive is a boy longing for Marybeth, the girl next door. Now their disparate streams of lust and longing are about to cross, thanks to Thad, an aspiring, almost heartbreaking criminal, and Clive's father, whose obsession with "inorganic women" endangers them all. A unique collaboration from Quentin S. Crisp ("Remember You're A One-Ball!"), Justin Isis (I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like) and Brendan Connell (Metrophilias), this serious novel with something serious to say is a lunatic three-headed dragon, equal parts rollicking caper, ribald farce and embittered love story. Fraught with double crosses and missing mannequins, this is Waiting for Godot meets Beach Blanket Bingo, the two of them falling in love and getting married in a church where the priest is John Waters.
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First published November 1, 2013
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September 25, 2021
I have already come to expect greatness from the publisher Snuggly Books. This did not let me down. It is an intriguing descent into a particularly uncanny-valley subculture. It left me wondering where the name Sooki comes from. Urban Dictionary offers a number of possibilities. Turns out it is not an uncommon Eastern name. But I can't help thinking I've missed a secret allusion to some obscure piece of media. Undoubtedly, dozens, if not hundreds of references within the book went over my head. It is a complex interweaving of experimental styles, product spoofs, characters satire, and pop culture commentary, all wrapped up nicely in a page-turning plot. While it goes completely off the rails during a fondue party, I was still strapped in for the remainder of the ride with my eyes stripped and almost extruding from their sockets. The celebrity cameo was delightful.
A specifically compelling aspect of the novel is how it pays homage to broken English pornographic advertising copy, inserting it like some kind of occult background incantation.
How rare is a novel combining the ideas and writing styles of 3 geniuses? It is not possible, in my opinion, in the current publishing industry and this modern age, to be more skilled at portraying magically real characters than these writers are. The many books they have produced all seem to possess a certain intangible dissociative reality at once disarming and irresistibly compelling.
Both vivid and transgressive, The Cutest Girl in Class is an examination of sexual commodification, which, in its various manifestations, often simultaneously discomforts and validates us. The extreme uses to which aesthetic pursuit might be pushed is explored in the form of real doll collecting, a pastime depicted with a startling degree of fidelity. The love for artificial reality pervades the blasted and ruined landscape of our modern consciousness as construed through a soul-siphoning dependency on substances, physicality, and the illusions our brain concocts to adapt to our environment. The inhuman gratifications of the simulated experiences bleed into the hedonistic reality of our anti-heroes, belittling their sense of self while they connive and indulge in equal measure. The inner folds of micro-delineated tactile sensations crackle through the well-polished prose. The galleries of painted geishas presented within convey the possibility of harems of daintily maintained dream-bots, semi-sentient, all-accepting, serving the omni-ravenous appetites of adolescent awe. The possessed idols of our de-aged hormonal fixations pull us into luscious intimacies through the gravitas of their silicon valleys, their exquisite inanimate, detachable tongues, the soft-fingered prongs of their jackknifed grip, their lock-jawed smiles and reptilian eyes.
Loneliness, isolation, the palaces of the interior. Connections: spiritual, physical and psychological,
cloaked in absurdity. Gangsters with very peculiar interests and a vast network of niche resources.
What makes us human? What degrades us and shoves us into realms of the inhuman, and what is to be found there? This novel pierces through the veil of propriety to the festering microcosm of the human imagination. Though I found the adolescent romance scenes less compelling, they were still well-written and woven into the overall plot, seeding it with a counterpoint of innocence, optimism, and chastity. Perhaps it was a missed opportunity not to give the reader a full chapter entirely from Sooki's perspective, given the alternating perspectives that tweaked the lens of the narrative eye.
Idol-worship, entertainment, devotion to an artificial expression of desire and idealized beauty. conspiracy, paranoia, campy Yakuza-style subplots, and a dislocation from the everyday. We are each a subtle corpse, a barely zoetic masses of disparate particles, anchored into a substratum through faith in our continued existence.
I challenge you to explore the quirky and enigmatic avenues of this miraculous piece of fiction.
A specifically compelling aspect of the novel is how it pays homage to broken English pornographic advertising copy, inserting it like some kind of occult background incantation.
How rare is a novel combining the ideas and writing styles of 3 geniuses? It is not possible, in my opinion, in the current publishing industry and this modern age, to be more skilled at portraying magically real characters than these writers are. The many books they have produced all seem to possess a certain intangible dissociative reality at once disarming and irresistibly compelling.
Both vivid and transgressive, The Cutest Girl in Class is an examination of sexual commodification, which, in its various manifestations, often simultaneously discomforts and validates us. The extreme uses to which aesthetic pursuit might be pushed is explored in the form of real doll collecting, a pastime depicted with a startling degree of fidelity. The love for artificial reality pervades the blasted and ruined landscape of our modern consciousness as construed through a soul-siphoning dependency on substances, physicality, and the illusions our brain concocts to adapt to our environment. The inhuman gratifications of the simulated experiences bleed into the hedonistic reality of our anti-heroes, belittling their sense of self while they connive and indulge in equal measure. The inner folds of micro-delineated tactile sensations crackle through the well-polished prose. The galleries of painted geishas presented within convey the possibility of harems of daintily maintained dream-bots, semi-sentient, all-accepting, serving the omni-ravenous appetites of adolescent awe. The possessed idols of our de-aged hormonal fixations pull us into luscious intimacies through the gravitas of their silicon valleys, their exquisite inanimate, detachable tongues, the soft-fingered prongs of their jackknifed grip, their lock-jawed smiles and reptilian eyes.
Loneliness, isolation, the palaces of the interior. Connections: spiritual, physical and psychological,
cloaked in absurdity. Gangsters with very peculiar interests and a vast network of niche resources.
What makes us human? What degrades us and shoves us into realms of the inhuman, and what is to be found there? This novel pierces through the veil of propriety to the festering microcosm of the human imagination. Though I found the adolescent romance scenes less compelling, they were still well-written and woven into the overall plot, seeding it with a counterpoint of innocence, optimism, and chastity. Perhaps it was a missed opportunity not to give the reader a full chapter entirely from Sooki's perspective, given the alternating perspectives that tweaked the lens of the narrative eye.
Idol-worship, entertainment, devotion to an artificial expression of desire and idealized beauty. conspiracy, paranoia, campy Yakuza-style subplots, and a dislocation from the everyday. We are each a subtle corpse, a barely zoetic masses of disparate particles, anchored into a substratum through faith in our continued existence.
I challenge you to explore the quirky and enigmatic avenues of this miraculous piece of fiction.
December 1, 2014
'The Cutest Girl in Class is the best book I have read in the last few years. It's hard to put it into words. It is so surreal, but turns out to be very real. It has the richnes of styles, characters, their behaviours and their languages that is a mark of life. At the same time the oddness of everything is sealed with a clear plot (a great plot too) so it's easy to read... It's a picture of contemporary life that was created and completed before I noticed that life was happening around me. I think this is why I love it, it brought me closer to what happens now, in a brutal and tender way.
Really, READ IT.
And kill your expectations beforehand...
It will surprise you.
Really, READ IT.
And kill your expectations beforehand...
It will surprise you.
June 6, 2017
This gang of Chomu authors (Quentin S. Crisp, Brendan Connell, Justin Isis) have combined their creativity to release a new entity. Exploring Love, Lust and Larceny through the plasticine folds of a well molded vagina. Juxtaposing young innocent love with old lascivious lust.
This book is an adventure in reading, the tale will take you to the set of a popular televised game show called "Slut-Eating Spiders" where the live studio audience yells "Chew, Chew, Chew" to encourage the participant. Or to a wild party in Thad's (hardly ever been cleaned) apartment.
Today everyone embraces their cell phones. Here many embrace inorganic women. The wordplay is first rate in this novel and is well worth seeking out.
Also read Justin Isis "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" January, 2011 Chômu Press.
Brendan Connell "Miss Homicide Plays the Flute" Eibonvale Press November , 2013.
Quentin S. Crisp "All God's Angels, Beware!" Ex Occidente Press
If at all interested, get the book now as not many were printed, and I understand that another book set in the same universe may soon be created.
This book is an adventure in reading, the tale will take you to the set of a popular televised game show called "Slut-Eating Spiders" where the live studio audience yells "Chew, Chew, Chew" to encourage the participant. Or to a wild party in Thad's (hardly ever been cleaned) apartment.
Today everyone embraces their cell phones. Here many embrace inorganic women. The wordplay is first rate in this novel and is well worth seeking out.
Also read Justin Isis "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" January, 2011 Chômu Press.
Brendan Connell "Miss Homicide Plays the Flute" Eibonvale Press November , 2013.
Quentin S. Crisp "All God's Angels, Beware!" Ex Occidente Press
If at all interested, get the book now as not many were printed, and I understand that another book set in the same universe may soon be created.
May 11, 2017
Thursday, 11th May, 11.58 a.m.
The Cutest Girl In ( ) is truly a work of singular ( ), and its tone swings back and ( ) between tragedy and comedy like a ( ) pendulum ( ) a rainbow in a psychedelic void. Though its occasi( )ses into stream of cons( ) recalls Joyce and the random cut-up resurrects the lemur-ridden atavism of ( )S. Burroughs, I would classify ( ) work as literary postmodern pornography, a more ( )dist (and concise) David Foster ( ): in some regards it reminded me of ( )Jest, what with its fractured and non-chrono( ) method of storytelling, the fact that the fate of ma( ) characters remains inconclusive or unresolved by the tale's end, its obsess( ) with brand names and advertising termi( ), its copious use of ( )notes, its playful experimental style and long run-on paragraphs, along with its ( ) conceit: which is to say, ( )ment of characters all in a race to get their hands on a rare ( ), which in this case is a sex doll rather than a cursed film. Pooling their collective literary powers ( ) like a Legion of decadent and perverted New Wave superheroes, Quentin ( ), Justin ( ) and Brendan ( ) form a powerful Third Mind, and the end result features writing that is, of course ( ), to the extent that even the most ban( )vances is given a near celestial sheen, as if they were proclamations ( ) bejeweled lips of some Post-Singularity Ryan ( ) bodhisattva. I also enjoyed how the book has its own ( ) soundtrack of namedropped songs: it inspires one to ( ) a mix CD upon the turning of the final page. Recommended for fans of ( ), ( ), and slut-eating spiders.
The Cutest Girl In ( ) is truly a work of singular ( ), and its tone swings back and ( ) between tragedy and comedy like a ( ) pendulum ( ) a rainbow in a psychedelic void. Though its occasi( )ses into stream of cons( ) recalls Joyce and the random cut-up resurrects the lemur-ridden atavism of ( )S. Burroughs, I would classify ( ) work as literary postmodern pornography, a more ( )dist (and concise) David Foster ( ): in some regards it reminded me of ( )Jest, what with its fractured and non-chrono( ) method of storytelling, the fact that the fate of ma( ) characters remains inconclusive or unresolved by the tale's end, its obsess( ) with brand names and advertising termi( ), its copious use of ( )notes, its playful experimental style and long run-on paragraphs, along with its ( ) conceit: which is to say, ( )ment of characters all in a race to get their hands on a rare ( ), which in this case is a sex doll rather than a cursed film. Pooling their collective literary powers ( ) like a Legion of decadent and perverted New Wave superheroes, Quentin ( ), Justin ( ) and Brendan ( ) form a powerful Third Mind, and the end result features writing that is, of course ( ), to the extent that even the most ban( )vances is given a near celestial sheen, as if they were proclamations ( ) bejeweled lips of some Post-Singularity Ryan ( ) bodhisattva. I also enjoyed how the book has its own ( ) soundtrack of namedropped songs: it inspires one to ( ) a mix CD upon the turning of the final page. Recommended for fans of ( ), ( ), and slut-eating spiders.
July 15, 2013
Originally published at Risingshadow.
I can honestly say that it's been a long time since I've read anything like this. To be honest, I don't remember when I've last read a novel that equals to this one in terms of surrealism, absurdity and weirdness.
In my opinion The Cutest Girl in Class is difficult to categorize, because it defies easy categorization. I think it's best to say that it's a novel that has a surreal, absurd and weird plot.
The Cutest Girl in Class is a story that will linger on the reader's mind. This is - in my opinion - a sign of a good story, because good stories have a tendency to stick to your mind after reading them. Trust me when I say that this particular story won't be easily forgotten. This novel will make readers think about such themes as love, longing, loneliness and loss.
Quentin S. Crisp, Justin Isis and Brendan Connell have created and written a surprisingly controversial story, which will appeal to fans of modern fiction that breaks the boundaries of the accepted norms (the authors have somehow managed to create a story that entertains, shocks and surprises its reader in many ways). This story could've been a total disaster in less capable hands, but the authors have written a unique story that will fascinate readers who aren't afraid of reading weird novels.
The Cutest Girl in Class is a daring combination of coming-of-age story, love story, sexuality and obsession with dolls. It's a fantastically disturbing vision of a world in which grown-up men are seriously fascinated by realistic dolls and want to collect and play with them. In this novel the lives of Zak, Thad, Mr. Magister, Clive and Marybeth are connected and what happens to them is interesting, but also disturbing. There are several different threads in this story and they are connected in an interesting way (as the happenings begin to unfold, things gradually become weirder and weirder).
Here's a bit of information about some of the characters and also about the plot:
- Zak likes inorganic women and he has a doll called Sooki. He likes Sooki very much, but unfortunately other people are interested in her and she may not be safe with him.
- Thad is Zak's friend, but works behind his back. He works for people who collect dolls.
- Mr. Magister is the regional manager of Fresh and Functioning. He collects Real Dolls. He has several of them and he wants to have Zak's doll too.
- Clive is Mr. Magister's son. He has suspicions about his father and his activities. He's in love with Marybeth.
- Marybeth is the object of Clive's adoration.
All these characters are interesting. I especially enjoyed reading about Zak, Thad and Clive. It was also fascinating to read about Mr. Magister's obsession with the dolls.
Clive's feelings toward Marybeth are explored splendidly. The authors write fluently about how it feels for a teenage boy to discuss things with a girl whom he finds attractive. This love story adds several tender and intimate moments to the story.
This novel has all kinds of dolls in it. The best dolls are superbly created and have fully articlulated skeletons, silicone, gel implants, vaginas etc. They're almost like works of art.
One of the most intriguing things about this novel is that the dolls are very important to the characters and they seem to be almost like substitutes for girlfriends and wives, and they rouse different kind of emotions in the characters. These characters are enthusiastic collectors and want to own dolls almost desperately - they're so eager to own the dolls that they even organize dollnappings to get what they want.
The chatlines for doll collectors were an intriguing invention, because there are all kinds of chatrooms online. It was also interesting to read about the "dollfests" in which the dolls were inspected etc. All these things added an intriguingly weird element to the already weird story.
The Cutest Girl in Class is something different and it's difficult to compare it to other novels, because there aren't that many similar novels out there. This novel manages to be entertaining, disturbing and touching - considering how weird and controversial the plot is, this is quite an achievement. The authors explore themes of love, lust, sex and longing in this novel in a unique way (the over-the-top plot is a tool that is used to explore difficult themes). I think it's amazing that the authors have managed to combine so many different elements and have also added clever and twisted humour into the story.
This novel reminded me a bit of the American-Canadian film Lars and the Real Girl (2007) starring Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl is a film about a man who has a doll as a girlfriend). I'm not sure if this film has been an inspiration to the authors, but it's possible, because it's mentioned in this novel.
I think that The Cutest Girl in Class won't be to everybody's liking. It's possible that there are readers who may find this novel too weird and even offensive, but everybody who appreciates weird stories will find it interesting. I personally liked this story and found it very interesting, because the story pulled me in quickly and I had to read it as fast as I could to find out what happens at the end.
There are probably several readers out there who wonder if this novel is worth reading. I can say to these readers that this novel is definitely worth reading, because the authors have produced a story that is both original and shocking, but also touching. Careful readers will find that there's much more to this novel than the controversial plot, because under all the weirdness and layers of absurdity there's a serious story.
I strongly believe that this kind of novels have much more to offer to readers than several mainstream novels, because this kind of fiction allows authors to explore difficult and even forbidden themes much more openly and shockingly than mainstream fiction. I highly respect authors who are capable of writing this kind of novels, because they make readers think about the happenings.
The Cutest Girl in Class is one of the most original novels of the year (who else but Brendan Connell, Justin Isis and Quentin S. Crips could've come up with this kind of a story). This collaboration between three different authors is a weird, but also touching story that must not be missed by anybody who loves weird novels. For all those willing to explore the lusts and feelings of men who are interested in dolls, this novel is an unforgettable reading experience.
Highly recommended to readers who aren't afraid of reading something different!
I can honestly say that it's been a long time since I've read anything like this. To be honest, I don't remember when I've last read a novel that equals to this one in terms of surrealism, absurdity and weirdness.
In my opinion The Cutest Girl in Class is difficult to categorize, because it defies easy categorization. I think it's best to say that it's a novel that has a surreal, absurd and weird plot.
The Cutest Girl in Class is a story that will linger on the reader's mind. This is - in my opinion - a sign of a good story, because good stories have a tendency to stick to your mind after reading them. Trust me when I say that this particular story won't be easily forgotten. This novel will make readers think about such themes as love, longing, loneliness and loss.
Quentin S. Crisp, Justin Isis and Brendan Connell have created and written a surprisingly controversial story, which will appeal to fans of modern fiction that breaks the boundaries of the accepted norms (the authors have somehow managed to create a story that entertains, shocks and surprises its reader in many ways). This story could've been a total disaster in less capable hands, but the authors have written a unique story that will fascinate readers who aren't afraid of reading weird novels.
The Cutest Girl in Class is a daring combination of coming-of-age story, love story, sexuality and obsession with dolls. It's a fantastically disturbing vision of a world in which grown-up men are seriously fascinated by realistic dolls and want to collect and play with them. In this novel the lives of Zak, Thad, Mr. Magister, Clive and Marybeth are connected and what happens to them is interesting, but also disturbing. There are several different threads in this story and they are connected in an interesting way (as the happenings begin to unfold, things gradually become weirder and weirder).
Here's a bit of information about some of the characters and also about the plot:
- Zak likes inorganic women and he has a doll called Sooki. He likes Sooki very much, but unfortunately other people are interested in her and she may not be safe with him.
- Thad is Zak's friend, but works behind his back. He works for people who collect dolls.
- Mr. Magister is the regional manager of Fresh and Functioning. He collects Real Dolls. He has several of them and he wants to have Zak's doll too.
- Clive is Mr. Magister's son. He has suspicions about his father and his activities. He's in love with Marybeth.
- Marybeth is the object of Clive's adoration.
All these characters are interesting. I especially enjoyed reading about Zak, Thad and Clive. It was also fascinating to read about Mr. Magister's obsession with the dolls.
Clive's feelings toward Marybeth are explored splendidly. The authors write fluently about how it feels for a teenage boy to discuss things with a girl whom he finds attractive. This love story adds several tender and intimate moments to the story.
This novel has all kinds of dolls in it. The best dolls are superbly created and have fully articlulated skeletons, silicone, gel implants, vaginas etc. They're almost like works of art.
One of the most intriguing things about this novel is that the dolls are very important to the characters and they seem to be almost like substitutes for girlfriends and wives, and they rouse different kind of emotions in the characters. These characters are enthusiastic collectors and want to own dolls almost desperately - they're so eager to own the dolls that they even organize dollnappings to get what they want.
The chatlines for doll collectors were an intriguing invention, because there are all kinds of chatrooms online. It was also interesting to read about the "dollfests" in which the dolls were inspected etc. All these things added an intriguingly weird element to the already weird story.
The Cutest Girl in Class is something different and it's difficult to compare it to other novels, because there aren't that many similar novels out there. This novel manages to be entertaining, disturbing and touching - considering how weird and controversial the plot is, this is quite an achievement. The authors explore themes of love, lust, sex and longing in this novel in a unique way (the over-the-top plot is a tool that is used to explore difficult themes). I think it's amazing that the authors have managed to combine so many different elements and have also added clever and twisted humour into the story.
This novel reminded me a bit of the American-Canadian film Lars and the Real Girl (2007) starring Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl is a film about a man who has a doll as a girlfriend). I'm not sure if this film has been an inspiration to the authors, but it's possible, because it's mentioned in this novel.
I think that The Cutest Girl in Class won't be to everybody's liking. It's possible that there are readers who may find this novel too weird and even offensive, but everybody who appreciates weird stories will find it interesting. I personally liked this story and found it very interesting, because the story pulled me in quickly and I had to read it as fast as I could to find out what happens at the end.
There are probably several readers out there who wonder if this novel is worth reading. I can say to these readers that this novel is definitely worth reading, because the authors have produced a story that is both original and shocking, but also touching. Careful readers will find that there's much more to this novel than the controversial plot, because under all the weirdness and layers of absurdity there's a serious story.
I strongly believe that this kind of novels have much more to offer to readers than several mainstream novels, because this kind of fiction allows authors to explore difficult and even forbidden themes much more openly and shockingly than mainstream fiction. I highly respect authors who are capable of writing this kind of novels, because they make readers think about the happenings.
The Cutest Girl in Class is one of the most original novels of the year (who else but Brendan Connell, Justin Isis and Quentin S. Crips could've come up with this kind of a story). This collaboration between three different authors is a weird, but also touching story that must not be missed by anybody who loves weird novels. For all those willing to explore the lusts and feelings of men who are interested in dolls, this novel is an unforgettable reading experience.
Highly recommended to readers who aren't afraid of reading something different!
January 2, 2016
"The Cutest Girl in Class" is the only girl in its class.
It is safe to say that this novel is the sum of its very accomplished parts.
That is no back-handed statement.
TCGIC is a seamless conglomeration of a large number of themes and preoccupations of its 3 uniquely talented authors: lust; greed; sex; parents/child relationships; drugs; the meaning (or lack thereof) of life; reality; partying and its aftermath; talking to the opposite sex; the body with its interminable and tyrannical needs, desires, frailty and prosthetic parts are just some examples covered in this book. If that laundry list looks in anyway enticing--together--in one book--in one story, you should probably go and find yourself a copy of "The Cutest Girl In Class".
I predict that in time, given slightly wider release, "The Cutest Girl In Class" will take its place as an unclassifiable cult-classic.
Telescoping through my current reality tunnel, it is a modern classic.
Here is my "dream cast" if it were ever turned into a film:
Thad/Post Singularity Vanilla Ice................Justin Isis
Zak...................................................Quentin S. Crisp
Mr. Magister...........................................Rip Torn
Remy Mi-ti/Mr. Bergen................................................Brendan Connell
Marylou............................................Kiernan Shipka
Sooki..................................................Kim Kardashian
Harold......................................................Vincent D'Onofrio
Ryan Gosling/Post Singularity Ryan Gosling.......Himself
Can't picture any actor/person I know as Clive, any ideas? Michael Cera?
Does anyone know if the character Thad was actually modeled on Justin Isis?
It is safe to say that this novel is the sum of its very accomplished parts.
That is no back-handed statement.
TCGIC is a seamless conglomeration of a large number of themes and preoccupations of its 3 uniquely talented authors: lust; greed; sex; parents/child relationships; drugs; the meaning (or lack thereof) of life; reality; partying and its aftermath; talking to the opposite sex; the body with its interminable and tyrannical needs, desires, frailty and prosthetic parts are just some examples covered in this book. If that laundry list looks in anyway enticing--together--in one book--in one story, you should probably go and find yourself a copy of "The Cutest Girl In Class".
I predict that in time, given slightly wider release, "The Cutest Girl In Class" will take its place as an unclassifiable cult-classic.
Telescoping through my current reality tunnel, it is a modern classic.
Here is my "dream cast" if it were ever turned into a film:
Thad/Post Singularity Vanilla Ice................Justin Isis
Zak...................................................Quentin S. Crisp
Mr. Magister...........................................Rip Torn
Remy Mi-ti/Mr. Bergen................................................Brendan Connell
Marylou............................................Kiernan Shipka
Sooki..................................................Kim Kardashian
Harold......................................................Vincent D'Onofrio
Ryan Gosling/Post Singularity Ryan Gosling.......Himself
Can't picture any actor/person I know as Clive, any ideas? Michael Cera?
Does anyone know if the character Thad was actually modeled on Justin Isis?
September 24, 2022
What have I just read? I can’t even label the genre. Well, whatever it was, it was a wild ride. Three authors, three voices, three or more modes of writing, three interwoven plot lines. Doll fetshism and dollnapping, the intensity and innocence of young teenage love, desire and eroticism, and throw in a Coen Brothers style assassin into the mix. The spiked fondue at the party in the middle of the book reminded me of the opening to Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 where “the hostess had put perhaps too much kirsch in the fondue.” This novel shares Pynchon’s saturnalian energy, and is perhaps the literary equivalent to the aforementioned fondue, spiked, not with the recherché kirsch, but with peach wine, Germany Sex Drops and MDMA.
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December 1, 2021
Lars and the Real Girl meets Fargo meets a Gaspar Noé movie. Somehow it manages to be wildly bizarre and literary and heartfelt and gritty all at the same time
January 11, 2026
2.5✩
"Yo Thad, don't listen to this tool. Post-Singularity bodhisattvas never really help anyone, word to your mother. There is nothing to be learned and no spiritual progress to be made. Inhabit your last breath like the party don't stop, word to your mother."
"Yo Thad, don't listen to this tool. Post-Singularity bodhisattvas never really help anyone, word to your mother. There is nothing to be learned and no spiritual progress to be made. Inhabit your last breath like the party don't stop, word to your mother."
January 6, 2021
I loved these characters and HOW the story was told in surrealistic scenes. One of my top books of this year.
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