
Kick It Till It Breaks
Ira Robbins(Author)
Trouser Press, LLC
Published on 31. December 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-0-9842539-1-3 (ISBN)
Description
What do radicals, religion, race, riots, restaurants and Rufus Thomas all have in common? According to this provocative first novel by veteran music journalist Ira Robbins, they are all defining elements of the 1960s. At times dishearteningly bleak, Kick It Till It Breaks is rich with offbeat characters vividly drawn against a tableau of antiwar violence. Unlike most stories of the time, the author - who nonetheless claims a high regard for its political and cultural achievements - is unsparing in his depiction of dedicated idealists failing to uphold their ideals. The author uses slang, dialect and timely pop culture touchstones to bring the Viet Nam era to life in such disparate locales as Memphis, London, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Chicago and New York. Fans of Putney Swope, The Young Ones and A Confederacy of Dunces will likely recognize a harmony of tone and perspective with those darkly humorous works.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
591 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9842539-1-3 (9780984253913)
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Person
Ira Robbins co-founded Trouser Press magazine in 1974 and ran it for a decade. He later served as the pop critic for New York Newsday and worked in syndicated radio. He now manages the www.trouserpress.com website and run Trouser Press Books.