The disease is manifested in any number of ways - from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) - but once you've got it, that's it. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. Text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. To say nothing of sprouting horns and molting your skin.". As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, Black Hole transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it- back when it wasn't exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself â " the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters â " some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it â " what unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. The disease is manifested in any number of ways â " from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) â " but once you've got it, that's it.
We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. From inner flap - "The setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. Light bumping, small tears to bottom edge of first few pages, only in white space - no art is affected.
Light edge and corner wear, creasing, scuffing to covers.
Illustrated red stiff paper covers with white type.
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