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PulpheadJohn Jeremiah Sullivan

Pulphead

John Jeremiah Sullivan
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"A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America's cultural landscape--from high to low to lower than low--by the award-winning young star of the literary nonfiction world In Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on an exhilarating tour of our popular, unpopular, and at times completely forgotten culture. Simultaneously channeling the gonzo energy of Hunter S. Thompson and the wit and insight of Joan Didion, Sullivan shows us--with a laidback, erudite Southern charm that's all his own--how we really (no, really) live now. In his native Kentucky, Sullivan introduces us to Constantine…

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5 editions · 2 languages
  • Other · English · 2012
    Penguin Random House · 416 pages · 9780099572350
  • Other · English · 2012
    Penguin Random House · 9781448114337
  • Other · English · 2011
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 369 pages · 9780374532901
  • Other · English · 2011
    Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781429995047
  • Other · German · 2012
    Suhrkamp Verlag GmbH · 9783518068908
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / EssaysSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular CultureSOCIAL SCIENCE / EssaysSocial life and customsPopular cultureEssays (single author)New York Times reviewedAmerican influences