Jay’s Comments (group member since Dec 18, 2012)

Jay’s comments from the UW-Parkside Library group.

One of my favorite fiction books of the last two years. Bill and Donald Ray Pollock are taking southern gothic and updating it in interesting ways for various regions with strong southern roots. It reads like the deranged son of Flannery O' Connor and Jim Thompson. The stories are brutal yet intimate.

Although not incredibly scholarly and very short, it's a fun look at a neglected sub culture and the economics of flea markets as well as fringe festivals in the Midwest.

While many books about the horror genre delve into the same series of films with the same insights, "Taboo Breakers" offers fresh new insights and summaries of horror classics (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the Living Dead, etc.) while introducing fans to lesser known films like Nightmare in a Damaged Mind. For long term horror movie aficionados, this book offers a much needed readable yet scholarly tome on horror films.