EAN: 9780241352144

PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS GREAT EXPECTATIONS - ...

Kathy Acker was born in 1948 and was raised in New York. In her twenties she broke ties with
her family and worked as a stripper  while writing and publishing with the underground literary
scene. She burst into the mainstream with Blood and Guts in High School   which caused a
sensation upon publication in 1987 - the book was banned in several countries. After being
diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996  she abandoned Western medicine after a traumatic
experience of surgery to treat the cancer  which was unsuccessful. She died in an alternative
treatment centre in Tijuana  Mexico in 1997. Her major novels include Blood and Guts in High
School   Great Expectations  Don Quixote and Pussy  King of the Pirates. A collection of her
emails with McKenzie Wark was published in 2015  titled I'm Very into You.

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