Bad Sex on Speed

I have to admit I've never read anything by Jerry Stahl prior to Bad Sex On Speed. His best known work, Permanent Midnight, is on my queue, as well as the film, but his notorious subject matter, specifically of the hardcore junkie lifestyle, has always been intimidating to me. I guess it's been my l......more

Experimental effort that requires sophisticated reader with high tolerance for pain by proxy. You feel the the various narrator's spun out lunacy , even empathize with their vile condition . It is a book one may read in one sitting to fully comprehend the whole which is remarkable when you consider......more

Tweekers. Rail thin, bad greasy skin, rotted horse teeth, receding gums, inflamed scratches on the forearms and hands, mile a minute talk, talk, talk, talk, talk for hours and hours and hours on end, until they finally bottom out and collapse into a coma like sleep….. Meth has been a national obsessio......more

Here is the mirror - when you are done snorting off it - take a good long look at the unrecognizable face, the chaotic eyes and mangled mess of whatever is left of whatever is staring, peering, leering back at you (if you are still there at all). Stahl's rant and run on the madness that is addiction......more