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Attic [Paperback]

Katherine Dunn (Author)

3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews) |

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1990

Reissued to coincide with the publication of Geek Love.

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Product Details

Paperback: 149 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 1, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446391522
ISBN-13: 978-0446391528
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Katherine Dunn is an award-winning boxing journalist whose work has appeared in many publications, including Esquire, KO Magazine, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Playboy, The Ring, Sports Illustrated, and Vogue. She is the author of three novels, including Geek Love, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. In 2004, Dunn and photographer Jim Lommasson won the Lange-Taylor Documentary Prize for their work on the book Shadow Boxers. She is currently associate editor of cyberboxingzone.com, an internet boxing encyclopedia and magazine. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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5.0 out of 5 stars crazy truth crazy amazing stream of consciousness, August 3, 1998

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Very necessary for any Geek Lover. It's like an autobiography, with the most awesome strange plot lines twisted right in. Highly sexual, disturbing, intense. And it's all stream of consciousness, and it is so good. I personally like it a whole lot more than I like Truck, and it clearly belongs to a different genre than Geek. It's intense. In honor of my great aunt Eva, I give it three enthusiastic thumbs up.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Pointless, Disjointed, But With Interesting Sentences, June 13, 1999

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Geek Love is one of my favorite books ever, but this novel seemed like a Kerouac-style ramble without a plot, compelling characterization, beginning or ending. Underwater misery with no subtlety or explanation.

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4.0 out of 5 stars "attic" will lead you to insanity, November 7, 2000

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Being a big fan of Geek Love, I was happy to find Attic. I wasn't sure what to expect, and what I found was a mess of prose. You are inside the mind of a crazy woman who finds herself in strange places and situations. You are given a first hand view of her thought process -- run-on sentences, vivid imagery, and confusion. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. After reading this book, I felt insane myself. Not recommended for the mentally unstable.

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5.0 out of 5 stars teenage angst adult punishment
bought truck because I'm a fan of geek love / dunn's earlier work, I loved it, easily got swirled into jail right along with the protagonist - didn't understand what was happening... Read more

Published 6 months ago by alisa christensen

3.0 out of 5 stars Again, No Geek Love
As with "Truck," this book was nowhere near as good as "Geek Love." Dunn herself admitted she took ten years off to "learn how to write" after these two books were published... Read more

Published on April 14, 2006 by Charles Glover

4.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER GOOD ONE
THIS BOOK HAS THE CHARACTER I EXPECT FROM KATHERINE DUNN'S WRITING, ALONG WITH THE WEIRD OBSERVATIONS, WRITING STYLE AND CONTENT. Read more

Published on February 17, 2001 by pfleug

2.0 out of 5 stars nowhere as brilliant as Geek Love...
As Geek Love is one of my all-time favorites, I purchased Attic with high hopes. I was highly disappointed; it has some interesting passages, and some good character portraits,... Read more

Published on February 2, 2000 by Julie S Stemmler

4.0 out of 5 stars A short dip in primordial swamp
Dunn on toilets:"...from thy septic whiteness, magnate and vagabond are indistinguishable...". Read more

Published on January 21, 1999

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