โ Scribed by Mary Gaitskill
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A trade paperback reissue of National Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskillโs debut collection, Bad Behaviorโpowerful stories about dislocation, longing, and desire which depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation that is searching for human connection.
โข Now a classic: Bad Behavior made critical waves when it first published, heralding Gaitskillโs arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as one of the sharpest, erotically charged, and audaciously funny writing talents of contemporary literature. Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times called it โPinteresque,โ saying, โMs. Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail, that she is able to make even the most extreme situations seem realโฆ her reportorial candor, uncompromised by sentimentality or voyeuristic charmโฆunderscores the strength of her debut.โ
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