![]() The only real criticism comes from Publisher’s Weekly: “overemphasizes the self-destructive side of the movement. We read it out loud for three days before we handed it in, and you can really catch sentences that don’t quite work so well. But it’s also interesting what else you use that you didn’t think you were going to use. You really need great, genuine stories to make it keep flowing. Because you really need the cream, especially if you’re going to do an oral history like Please Kill Me where every page is thrilling. I think we only used between 2 and 5 percent of all the interviews we did. We’d read over the interviews and then whatever you remember from it is what you use. People end up dying.Īnd here’s McNeil on the editing process: Of course, we know what happens when there’s unrestricted, no rules. And all us drunken-junkie-alcoholic-fucked-up kids were like, wow, this is great, let’s play over here … I think it really was that time period when you really could live out your fantasies. It was the end of white flight, so it was like this giant movie set that people had abandoned. And it was that really special time in New York City, when no one wanted to be there. ![]() I think what Please Kill Me does is that it’s kind of the ultimate fantasy book, because everyone’s doing whatever the fuck they want. Me and my friend Mike Monteiro were hanging out in BookPeople and he pointed at it and said, “You read that?” I said, “No,” and he just handed it to me and said, “You’re getting this.” Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk ![]()
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And funny and feminist' 5* Reader Review 'A very funny book' New York Times Book Review just such a fun romantic story of enemies to lovers' 5* Reader Review The Ex Talk just crashed its way onto my forever-rec pile' CHRISTINA LAUREN, author of The Unhoneymooners 'A glimmering, sharp, and delightfully feminist rom com. ![]() THE FUNNY AND SEXY ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS TIKTOK SENSATION ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But when she arrived in America, she found herself once again surrounded by fanaticism and prejudice. ![]() After some time, she was lucky enough to be adopted by an American couple. Elizabeth was dumped in an orphanage in Seoul. Yet, there was a tranquil happiness in the intense bond between mother and daughter, until the day that Elizabeth's grandfather and uncle came to punish her mother from the dishonour she had brought on the family, and executed her in front of her daughter. Ostracized by their family and neighbours, she and her mother were regularly pelted with stones on their way home from the rice fields. I don't know how old I was when I watched my mother's murder, nor do I know how old I am today.' The illegitimate daughter of a peasant and an American GI, Elizabeth Kim spent her early years as a social outcast in her village in the Korean countryside. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The pages are filled with detailed drawings featuring Japanese architecture and clothing, and because of the artist's mastery at drawing figures, the people come to life as authentic and sympathetic characters. Say's many fans will be thrilled to have another episode in his family saga, which he relates with customary grace and elegance. 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