Sick Burn Cut--At Last the Reappearance of Our Lady of the Ugly Ones in Spokane, Washington [Paperback]

Deran Ludd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1992

punk gay gangster novel set in Spokane, WA

Product Details

• Paperback: 187 pages
• Publisher: Semiotext(e); First edition. edition (June 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936756853
• ISBN-13: 978-0936756851
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,211,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Deran Ludd takes traditional genre fiction, twists it and twists it, adds unusual characters, and tells tales pumped with action, woe, and dark humor.

Ludd is the author of two published novels:

Sick Burn Cut (Semiotext[e], 1992) was optioned for a film, and a screenplay was developed by the author. A slightly reworked excerpt from the novel appeared in the German short story anthology AmLit (Druckhaus Galrev, 1992).

No Aloha (Semiotext[e], 1999; DIY ebook edition, 2010) has been a part of class readings at St. John's University and the City College of New York. It has also been included in a Colorado Association of Libraries bibliography, and was included in a suggested reading list in Monolith Magazine (January 2011). Excerpts from the novel appeared in the New Zealand science fiction magazine Log Illustrated, 1999. and the online edition of Pugzine, 1999.

Ludd is also the author of several short stories, including two eshort stories Hypnotizing Chickens and The Carnage Motel. Both are available from most ebook outlets.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sick Burn Cut is the best pop-out cut-up novel I've ever rea, August 21, 1999

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This review is from: Sick Burn Cut--At Last the Reappearance of Our Lady of the Ugly Ones in Spokane, Washington (Paperback)

A novel for the millenium, Sick Burn Cut takes us back to pre-Microsoft Seattle, the days of Guns 'n Roses. Mary, a man in a dress, captivates and activates a small group of compatriat guerrilla drag queens for whom mere survival is a matter of survival. They take on the Mall Rats and the Dictators, feuding drug lords and gangs - Mary and her companion, Sayid Huysayn. Meanwhile a group of highschool kids in Spokane Washington form a cult of the Divine Virgin Mary. The two Mary's, who are never conscious of each other's existence, begin the spin a web of intrigue with the promise of great meaning lying behind the banality of suburban discontent. I was having a really bad summer, 'til I read this book!!! Deran Ludd is William Burrough's grandson. Which is not to say that Sick Burn Cut is Burroughs redux. Ludd takes the sensibility and tosses it into a 90's context Burroughs could barely have handled ('cuz he was too old).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cheap cotton dresses and handguns, February 11, 2010

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This review is from: Sick Burn Cut--At Last the Reappearance of Our Lady of the Ugly Ones in Spokane, Washington (Paperback)

When Semiotext(e) published this in the summer of '92 I came across it in a bookstore in NYC. Since then I re-read this book from time to time. What an incredible book that stands the test of time. In some ways it is even more relevant today than when it was published. It's sometimes classified under queer literature but this is novel that transcends sexual lines. It bites hard from the very beginning and never lets up. If you read one book this year (or this week) make this the book you read. Deren Ludd is an overlooked treasure!