Pain Killers (Harper Perennial)

L.A. writer and perennial Skylight favorite Jerry Stahl will read from and sign his novel Pain Killers, now out in paperback!

"Stahl is no stranger to smashing social taboos, and his trademark blend of ballsy, blacker-than-black humor and wry social commentary lets him find humor in the third Reich." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Jerry Stahl is the author of Permanent Midnight; I, Fatty; Perv--a Love Story; and Plainclothes Naked. He has written extensively for film and television, and his work has appeared in Esquire, Details, Playboy, and other publications. He lives in Los Angeles.

Pain Killers (Paperback)

By Jerry Stahl

$14.99

ISBN-13: 9780060506667
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Published: Harper Perennial, 3/2010

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"The master of absurdist postmodern pulp fiction" ("Elle") returns with his long-awaited follow up to the acclaimed "Plainclothes Naked," in his most hallucinogenic work yet.

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I, Fatty (Paperback)

By Jerry Stahl

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9781582345826
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Published: Bloomsbury USA, 7/2005

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In this highly acclaimed novel, the author of "Permanent Midnight" channels fallen early-Hollywood star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Fatty tells his own story of success, addiction, and a precipitous fall from grace after being framed for a brutal crime--a national media scandal that set the precedent for those so familiar today.

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Permanent Midnight: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Jerry Stahl

$16.95

ISBN-13: 9780976082200
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Published: Process, 6/2005

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Now a motion picture starring Ben Stiller, this is the autobiography of a former television writer who lands a job penning what he considers to be crappy but lucrative TV scripts, and descends into a quasi-functional heroin addiction.

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