Great Expectations

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Pip switches identities, sexes and centuries in this punk, fairytale reimagining of Charles Dickens's original Great Expectations. Both familiar and unfamiliar, our orphaned narrat or is transplanted to New York City in the 1980s; becoming, by turns, a sailor, a pirate, a rebel and an outlaw, through adventures incorporating desire, creativity, porn, sadism and art. This ribald explosion of literature, sex and violence shows the literary anarchist Kathy Acker at her most brilliant and brave.Format: Paperback Published: UK, 2018 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Pages: 144 Language: English ISBN 13: 9780241352144 ISBN 10: 0241352142 Show more