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Over the past 15 years Dennis Cooper has established himself as the preeminent spokesperson and chronicler for angst ridden teens in Los Angeles. In Closer, Frisk, and Try, Cooper delineated the existential crisis of gay teen boys with no place to go but down, nothing to look forward to but death. Cooper's plots usually revolve around the idea that there are people--usually older men--who are willing to help them with this last desire. Cooper tells a similar tale in Guide, but has placed himself in the middle of the action as a participant. Beautifully and chillingly written, Guide is Cooper's most disturbing, transgressive tale yet. A visionary masterpiece as sublime as it is frightening. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Those familiar with Cooper's work (Wrong, LJ 5/15/92) know that his fiction makes use of some unsavory, at times shocking, subject matter. Necrophilia and child pornography may be taboo in Cooper's world, but they are practiced nonetheless. Against a backdrop of pop culture, this first-person narrative chronicles the exploits of a half-dozen teens viewing life through the heavy veil of drugs and apathy. Though the story is as compelling as it is perverse, Cooper purposefully overrides it with an innovative style and raw, truthful character studies. Deeply lonely, the characters don't trust their own feelings and experience life in spurts. Interaction with anything outside themselves is a contest without a prize. There is a real elegance to the choppy waves of prose, which allow this work to transcend the form of the novel while working within it. With Guide, Cooper claims his place, alongside Genet and Burroughs, as a master of his own disenfranchised generation. For all literary fiction collections.?Douglas McClemont, New York
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Grove Press; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (August 6, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802135803
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802135803
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #607,681 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars blown away, August 12, 2000
By jeremy (new york) - See all my reviews
I read this book back to back with another that was dedicated to the author. I'd never heard of Dennis cooper so I didn't know what to expect. I was going to give it three stars but then I realized that was only because it was so upsetting. Along with how well written and engrossing it is, that's actually a reason to rate it higher, so I did. It was my own fear getting in the way. The real frustration was the absence of a moral stance. It's like Bret Easton Ellis that way - you have to make up your own mind about what's going on. You realize you're just getting angry because there's no re-assurance provided, you're totally immersed in a world with no ethical designations. This book is one of the more powerful I've read for that. I'd say this is about as transgressive and gutsy as writing gets. Glad I found it.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A brave, original, and shocking novel, October 18, 2003
By Douglas King (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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Dennis Cooper is an incredibly brave and original writer. His books, however, are not for the faint of heart. "Guide", which is part of a five book cycle that also includes "Closer", "Try", "Frisk", and "Period", is my favorite of his novels because he dares to include himself in the middle of his usual tales of drugs, abuse, exploitation, violence and depravity. He ingeniously draws from an article he wrote for "Spin" magazine about a handful of teenage runaways, and blends reality, fiction and fantasy to create a shocking and original novel. Is what takes place in "Guide" a truthful look into Cooper's own fantasy life? Or is it merely his way of showing how society sexually exploits and degrades young people? It's up to the reader to decide.
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3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting and disturbing account of several teenagers., March 18, 1999
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This book is a remarkable account of several lost teenagers living in the LA area with the main character telling the story, which is the author. It has many scenes describing homosexual activity, rape, murder, snuff flim making, etc...The basic elements for nihilism on the West Coast. It's a good read for those who have a strong stomach and enjoy homoerotic text. Far more darker and intelligent than most books out there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of America's best novelists
This one or "Try" are the novels I usually offer to those of my friends who have not read Cooper yet but may be uneasy about some of the content. Read more
Published 6 months ago by ignacio f.

5.0 out of 5 stars Dennis Cooper at his most grounded.
I just generally love Dennis Cooper, but this book feels grounded and concrete in a way his other books sometimes don't - the people are presented as people, in a community, as... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Sam J. Miller

2.0 out of 5 stars I think the author must have been high when he wrote this...
Wow....I normally like things that are weird and inappropriate, but this book was just too much. I would really LIKE to believe that this book is some sort of artistic... Read more
Published on April 4, 2006 by Jessica Morgan

3.0 out of 5 stars Fine, if you like shock value
Decent, but not excellent writing. Relies too much on shocking depictions of sex. I think it would have been more successful had it been toned down just a bit.
Published on December 16, 2004 by Jolly Roger

4.0 out of 5 stars sick, wrong fun
I don't think there's anything profound about Dennis Cooper. As far as I can tell from having read this book and "Frisk", he writes the exact same book again and again, just... Read more
Published on June 28, 2002 by Jemiah Jefferson

5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life
I couldn't put it down for more than a minute, I read it cover to cover and afterwards i curled up into a ball and cried. Read more
Published on May 8, 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars Kiddie Porn, LSD Trips and other uplifting themes
Cooper is a good writer and a -self acknowledged- very sick man. His only value, nice prose.

Cooper is very much into violent descriptions of his own -dreamlike- homosexual... Read more

Published on May 16, 2000 by Eli Cook

5.0 out of 5 stars Best fictional book you can buy,ever.
I saw the review in Select magazine and mainly bought it because of my childish crush on Alex James who is featured greatly in the book.But I am so glad I did buy it! Read more
Published on June 5, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Dennis Cooper are you?
What I am wondering is did Dennis Cooper ever live in Minneapolis, MN...I knew a man who was a writer in Mpls. Read more
Published on October 27, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Cooper's greatest
Guide is the most brilliant book I've read in years. It amazes me to read some of the other reviews here. Read more
Published on October 25, 1998

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