The Skin Palace [Import] [Hardcover]

Jack O'Connell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan; First Edition edition (1996)
• ISBN-10: 0330334042
• ISBN-13: 978-0330334044
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,444,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jack O'Connell's first novel, Box Nine, won the Mysterious Press Discovery Award. His second novel, Wireless, was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the top ten crime novels of 1993. O'Connell is also the author of The Skin Palace and Word Made Flesh. His latest novel, The Resurrectionist, was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the top-10 SF novels of 2008. The winner of Le prix Mystère de la critique and Le Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in France, the novel was also nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award. O'Connell lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Combat zone is the place to be, August 4, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Skin Palace (Paperback)

I am a big-time O'Connell fan. I had to special
order Box 9 because it was out of print. I can't
wait until the next O'Connell book comes out. He
has a wonderful way of telling a quirky story. It
includes dwarfs, porno houses, strange photos,
lesbian groups, unusual mail carriers, and God knows
what. If you are a fan of Tom Robbins or William
Kotzwinkle, you will love Jack O'Connell.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am "a reader" from August 4, 1997, May 31, 1999

By 

Karen Kirsch "blazerlib" (Novi, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Skin Palace (Paperback)

I love Jack O'Connell. Love his characters, setting (especially), and the strange way he tells a story. Read one and you will read them all. I know you will...if you like a quirky set of characters, a David Lynch way of presenting a story, you will love this. Take me to the Combat Zone where midgets, lesbians, and just about anyone you can imagine RULE!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really fine book; great writing; great read!, January 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Skin Palace (Paperback)

O'Connell is the intelligent reader's Elmore Leonard. A writer with an eclectic vision that dangerously intersects with contemporary reality.This writer deserves a huge following. I have no doubt that it will come eventually.