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Blind
Blind follows one traditional, non-racist skinhead's journey for revenge after the murder of his best friend. A darkly comic novel about a scene as strict as it is chaotic, with a strong background of punk, oi, and working class roots in the San Francisco bay area. Rated Teen for searchability, but contains some graphic language and content.
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248 pages, Paperback
First published June 23, 2006
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K. Rodriguez
10 books9 followersK. Rodriguez is the author of Blind, which received critical acclaim and an honorable mention as one of the best self-published literary fiction novels in a 2008 Writer's Digest contest. Since then, Rodriguez has written the lucha libre themed romance Love y Lucha, and the popular young adult horror series My Modern Kaidan, both available on Wattpad. In December of 2017, Rodriguez's flash fiction horror story was a runner-up in The Monterey County Weekly's 101-Word Short Story Contest.
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November 2, 2015
While I'm not going to attempt to write a full review on this amazing book, I will say that no person, especially no self-respecting traditional skinhead, should ever go without reading K. Rodriguez's novel. This book is, by far, the best skinhead novel I've ever read, though one would say I'm biased by the fact K. Rod is from California and so on... but, make no mistake, I've read the complete Richard Allen collection; a load of novels by minor league British authors and a few other American light weights, and, save for Don DeGrazia's 'American Skin,' only Kendall's novel comes closest to the true street life of the working class she aims to represent in her work. It is true that Richard Allen was writing about some of the characters he may have come across in his times; perhaps Skinheads then were more parodic in their everyday activities, as they surely are represented thus in his novels. The other light weights from the UK; the likes of Martin King, or Steve Goodman for example, have written mediocre books that; while they may be written in proper English, fall short of entertaining the audience the way a poorly made indy flick would. Put it this way, if they made a film out of one of these guys' books, you'd walk out within the first ten minutes, guaranteed!
A bunch other British and American authors have attempted to bring up some stories about the skinhead cult the way they see it, and some the way they've experienced it, but with little, or no success at all. Their stories fall rather short of amusing, interesting or even enticing; they are flat and boring reads for the most part. Still, as I've said before, only American author Don DeGrazia, who actually published the first edition of his novel while in Britain, has accomplished the task of presenting us a novel the likes of K. Rodriguez's. However, Genaro DeGrazia speaks in the context of a Midwestern Chicagoan coming-of-age, while K. Rod tells, beautifully, her West Coast version of the facts. So, here we have two versions of the American experience, and I can really tell you, these two authors, got it right!
I cannot begin to tell you how much I've really enjoyed reading K. Rod's novel, but if you want to measure the joy I experience while doing so then let me tell you I have read the book three times in three sittings during the Spring of 2013 and the Autumn of 2014, and I'll do it again the moment I get a chance.
Kendall, you freaking rock!!!!
A bunch other British and American authors have attempted to bring up some stories about the skinhead cult the way they see it, and some the way they've experienced it, but with little, or no success at all. Their stories fall rather short of amusing, interesting or even enticing; they are flat and boring reads for the most part. Still, as I've said before, only American author Don DeGrazia, who actually published the first edition of his novel while in Britain, has accomplished the task of presenting us a novel the likes of K. Rodriguez's. However, Genaro DeGrazia speaks in the context of a Midwestern Chicagoan coming-of-age, while K. Rod tells, beautifully, her West Coast version of the facts. So, here we have two versions of the American experience, and I can really tell you, these two authors, got it right!
I cannot begin to tell you how much I've really enjoyed reading K. Rod's novel, but if you want to measure the joy I experience while doing so then let me tell you I have read the book three times in three sittings during the Spring of 2013 and the Autumn of 2014, and I'll do it again the moment I get a chance.
Kendall, you freaking rock!!!!
July 10, 2008
A well-told, engaging and totally addictive tale about a trad skin whose best friend is murdered. He ends up looking for revenge and the story neatly ties together several different strands for a very satisfactory conclusion.
The story drew me in and did not let go. I found myself thinking about it while at work, while driving, while eating.
The main drawback -- a lack of a good editor or maybe a lack of an editor at all.
The rare awkward sentence and the far-too-often use of the wrong word -- such as dawning instead of donning or wreak instead of reek -- were minor distractions, but a good editor would have spotted them. A good editor would have polished this story to a brilliant shine, but that is not to say that it was dull by any means. blind was close to brilliant, poor word choices and all.
The story drew me in and did not let go. I found myself thinking about it while at work, while driving, while eating.
The main drawback -- a lack of a good editor or maybe a lack of an editor at all.
The rare awkward sentence and the far-too-often use of the wrong word -- such as dawning instead of donning or wreak instead of reek -- were minor distractions, but a good editor would have spotted them. A good editor would have polished this story to a brilliant shine, but that is not to say that it was dull by any means. blind was close to brilliant, poor word choices and all.
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