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Whacking Off
A psychotic, pornographic attack on blue-collar suburbia.
160 pages, paperback
First published January 1, 1969
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February 12, 2008
I was in a stranger's house waiting for a friend to conduct a dope deal (eons ago) when my eye noticed the provocative title of this book. After I read the first page I decided to steal it.It is one of my favorite books. For a couple of years after that I searched the porno book stores of L.A. looking for more of Micheal Perkin's works, sadly without success. Yes, some Neanderthals would label this wonderful book 'pornography' but it has so much that mere pornography doesnt have.
'Whacking Off' takes place in Meat City, Ohio a suburb where, to quote the author,"TV aerials create the effect of a stark forest in the sky. A state full of stiffened middle fingers."
Yes, if Raymond Chandler had become angry and disturbed he would have written this book.
The main characters are The Whacker Family; Bo Whacker, the paterfamilias a tough factory worker with unusual sexual tastes; His wife Mart, fat, gross and sexually gregarious; Older son Morg, the eternal loser whose pregnant girlfriend, psycho best friend and perverted boss use to their nefarious purposes; Sister Linda, whose cunning plan to escape Meat City drives some of the 'action'; Pard, the disturbed and well-armed fat little creepy fourteen-year-old hater of the Whacker family; Oscar the Dog, canine garbage, the antidote to Lassie.
So Perkins, with his angry, punchy Hunter Thompsonesque gonzo writing takes us on a semen-splattered journey through the paste-board, cretinous society of blue-collar psychopaths to its inevitable violent end. It is an updated Satyricon. A mad black comedy without any inhibitions. An assault on normalcy.A giant gob of spit in the face of art. This book is lots of fun to read.
Finally, in the age of the internet I located some old rare book sites where Michael Perkins' works are available-- for hundreds of dollars! He is well known to collectors and highly prized. If you can get your hands on any of his works, do not hesitate.
'Whacking Off' takes place in Meat City, Ohio a suburb where, to quote the author,"TV aerials create the effect of a stark forest in the sky. A state full of stiffened middle fingers."
Yes, if Raymond Chandler had become angry and disturbed he would have written this book.
The main characters are The Whacker Family; Bo Whacker, the paterfamilias a tough factory worker with unusual sexual tastes; His wife Mart, fat, gross and sexually gregarious; Older son Morg, the eternal loser whose pregnant girlfriend, psycho best friend and perverted boss use to their nefarious purposes; Sister Linda, whose cunning plan to escape Meat City drives some of the 'action'; Pard, the disturbed and well-armed fat little creepy fourteen-year-old hater of the Whacker family; Oscar the Dog, canine garbage, the antidote to Lassie.
So Perkins, with his angry, punchy Hunter Thompsonesque gonzo writing takes us on a semen-splattered journey through the paste-board, cretinous society of blue-collar psychopaths to its inevitable violent end. It is an updated Satyricon. A mad black comedy without any inhibitions. An assault on normalcy.A giant gob of spit in the face of art. This book is lots of fun to read.
Finally, in the age of the internet I located some old rare book sites where Michael Perkins' works are available-- for hundreds of dollars! He is well known to collectors and highly prized. If you can get your hands on any of his works, do not hesitate.
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