Cut to the Twisp: The Lost Parts of Youth in Revolt and Other Stories [Paperback]

C. D. Payne (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1882647033 | ISBN-13: 978-1882647033 | Publication Date: July 2001

Here restored at last are nearly 100 pages of text cut from the 1995 and later U.S. editions of "Youth in Revolt." Each passage is keyed to the page from which it was deleted for ease in reading. Now you can discover what happening to Lefty in Book II. Did Millie Filbert try to seduce Nick? Who ratted on Nick to the police to collect the reward? And more--a must read for Nick Twisp fans! Also collected here are a dozen short humor pieces by C.D. Payne.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

When Doubleday published C.D. Payne's cult favorite, Youth in Revolt, in 1995, about 100 pages of text were scrapped. Cut to the Twisp collects these "lost parts" and provides page references to help hardcore fans connect the dots. Also included are a dozen of Payne's comic pieces, including "Let Us All Write a Sophisticated Love Scene," a hilariously noirish multiple-choice exercise; "The Visitation," in which a genteel Brit entertains a space alien who wears a leisure suit and enjoys Cheezits; and "Alumni Notes," a roster of the dubious accomplishments of fictional alums like Crandle Holmes, whose Internet cupcake business went belly-up.

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From Booklist

When Doubleday took into its hands Payne's originally self-published Youth in Revolt, almost 100 pages were cut from the cult favorite. Ever since, Internet message boards have been filled with references to the unabridged edition, and the secrets lying within about 14-year-old Nick Twisp's raucously funny life. Now, Payne brings the cuts to his readership. It's unfortunate that Cut to the Twisp needs to be read with a copy of Youth in Revolt close at hand to follow the plot, but the deleted episodes are often funny enough to stand on their own as Nick wreaks havoc in his never-ending quest to find meaningful love (read "sex") while wading neck-high through teen angst. Fans will also enjoy seeing more of Nick's best friend, Lefty, who disappears almost without explanation in the Doubleday edition. Payne also includes several short pieces of comedic writing, from writer's workshop parodies to a send-up of collegiate alumni class notes. These aren't as consistently funny as the Youth in Revolt outtakes, but fans will be grateful to have this volume in their libraries. John Green
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Product Details

• Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Aivia Press (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882647033
• ISBN-13: 978-1882647033
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For hardcore fans only, August 14, 2001

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This review is from: Cut to the Twisp: The Lost Parts of Youth in Revolt and Other Stories (Paperback)

The format of this book is completely ludicrous: it's basically everything cut from "Youth in Revolt" ... up on the page with no context. Everything from two sentences to two pages of cut text is in here introduced only by a "from page X, after words "xxx xxx" in literally hundreds of little excerpts. Imagine if you made a film out of all the scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor -- it makes about that much sense. The only way to truly make sense of this mess is to re-read your copy of "Youth in Revolt" and use this as a companion (which would mean switching books every other page). HOWEVER, if you have read YIR recently, you can somehow make sense of things and it's not totally confusing. And, thankfully, most of the passages function more as stand-alone amusing little anecdotes that were cut for obvious reasons, since they did little to drive the plot. Many, fortunately, don't suffer too much from a lack of context. Thankfully, Payne's wit is enough to make this an enjoyable read for hardcore fans. Be that as it may, the format is just generally annoying, dropping you into situations for a minute or five minutes and you never know quite where you are. Anyone but C.D. Payne cultists should steer clear.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read - together with Youth in Rovolt, April 20, 2008

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This review is from: Cut to the Twisp: The Lost Parts of Youth in Revolt and Other Stories (Paperback)

1. If you will be purchasing and reading Youth in Revolt for the first time, this book is a must, for a full story experience. Such vital information is in here, one will be shocked that these parts were deleted from the main novel. These editings were made only for space and money, and not because they were unnecessary. The best way to fuse these two books together is to first mark each "deleted scene" from Cut to the Twisp, with a pencil into the Youth in Revolt book, and thus as you are reading the main book when you come to your pencil star or dot, you will know to read from the slim book, then return to the big book and so on throughout the whole story. Basically you will be reading the two books at once.


2. If you are already a fan of Youth in Revolt, you will delight in finding Cut to the Twisp. A treasure, an newly ignited romance, a deepening of the characters, and an explanation of a number confusions and mysteries. Mark the main book with a pencil and reread this most brilliant story again.

3. The additional non Nick Twisp stories are a bit odd, but we can forgive, and forget since, Nick stories are so gloriously magnificent.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book, September 11, 2001

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james (new jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cut to the Twisp: The Lost Parts of Youth in Revolt and Other Stories (Paperback)

by far one of the funniest and best written books i've ever read. payne does a great job of getting into the mind of a 14 year old. the book flows great, with so much going on at one time, much like real life, yet with adventures that could never be imagined by a normal mundane mind. seriously a great book.