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The Green Kangaroos
by Jessica McHugh
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Aug 20 2014
| Archive Date
May 05 2016
Description
Perry
Samson loves drugs. He’ll take what he can get, but raw atlys is his
passion. Shot hard and fast into his testicles, atlys helps him forget
that he lives in an abandoned Baltimore school, that his roommate
exchanges lumps of flesh for drugs at the Kum Den Smokehouse, and that
every day is a moldering motley of whores, cuntcutters, and disease.
Unfortunately, atlys never helps Perry forget that, even though his
older brother died from an atlys overdose, he will never stop being the
tortured middle child.
Set
in 2099, The Green Kangaroos explores the disgusting world of Perry’s
addiction to atlys and the Samson family’s addiction to his sobriety.
Perry Samson loves drugs. He’ll take what he can get, but raw atlys is his passion. Shot hard and fast into his testicles, atlys helps him forget that he lives in an abandoned Baltimore school...
Description
Perry
Samson loves drugs. He’ll take what he can get, but raw atlys is his
passion. Shot hard and fast into his testicles, atlys helps him forget
that he lives in an abandoned Baltimore school, that his roommate
exchanges lumps of flesh for drugs at the Kum Den Smokehouse, and that
every day is a moldering motley of whores, cuntcutters, and disease.
Unfortunately, atlys never helps Perry forget that, even though his
older brother died from an atlys overdose, he will never stop being the
tortured middle child.
Set
in 2099, The Green Kangaroos explores the disgusting world of Perry’s
addiction to atlys and the Samson family’s addiction to his sobriety.
Advance Praise
"I write junkie fiction. I read and watch junkie fiction. Call it a
lifestyle choice. I honestly didn’t think I’d discover anything new
under the sun when it came to the genre. I was wrong. Green Kangaroos is
the freshest, most wholly original work I’ve come across concerning the
subject of addiction. Think Requiem for a Dream meets Cabin in the
Woods, only funnier, fresher, and more harrowing. Potsticking makes
krokodil seem like a good time. Jessica McHugh has crafted one mindfuck
of a novel."
--Joe Clifford, author of Junkie Love and Lamentation
"In The Green Kangaroos, Jessica McHugh gives us the bastard love-baby of William Burroughs and The Matrix, thankfully devoid of Keanu Reeves. It’s needle-sickness-meets-dopesick Blade Runner
world is horrifying. Even the likeable characters are shitbags, but
they are so richly drawn and the story is so wonkily brilliant you just
keep your hands and feet inside the car and enjoy the ride."
-- Shock Totem
"I write junkie fiction. I read and watch junkie fiction. Call it a
lifestyle choice. I honestly didn’t think I’d discover anything new
under the sun when it came to the genre. I was wrong. Green...
Advance Praise
"I write junkie fiction. I read and watch junkie fiction. Call it a
lifestyle choice. I honestly didn’t think I’d discover anything new
under the sun when it came to the genre. I was wrong. Green Kangaroos is
the freshest, most wholly original work I’ve come across concerning the
subject of addiction. Think Requiem for a Dream meets Cabin in the
Woods, only funnier, fresher, and more harrowing. Potsticking makes
krokodil seem like a good time. Jessica McHugh has crafted one mindfuck
of a novel."
--Joe Clifford, author of Junkie Love and Lamentation
"In The Green Kangaroos, Jessica McHugh gives us the bastard love-baby of William Burroughs and The Matrix, thankfully devoid of Keanu Reeves. It’s needle-sickness-meets-dopesick Blade Runner
world is horrifying. Even the likeable characters are shitbags, but
they are so richly drawn and the story is so wonkily brilliant you just
keep your hands and feet inside the car and enjoy the ride."
-- Shock Totem
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9780986059469 |
| PRICE |
$12.95 (USD)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9780986059469 |
| PRICE |
$12.95 (USD)
|
Average rating from 14 members
Featured Reviews
Clara B, Reviewer
What a brilliant and totally different story! Once I started reading I couldn't stop. It's set in the 2080's and centres round a young mans addiction to Atlys. You will not believe the lengths they will go to get their drug! I'm not going to spoil the story by saying too much, read the blurb then read this book! You'll be hooked....
Helen R, Reviewer
I don't think I have ever read or ever will read anything so strange.....
Perry Samson is addicted to atlys, a drug he injects straight into his testicles!
This book takes you into his mind (which is the weirdest place...ever!) as his family and Dr Carter try to help him come off the drug. Excellent!
Featured Reviews
Clara B, Reviewer
What a brilliant and totally different story! Once I started reading I couldn't stop. It's set in the 2080's and centres round a young mans addiction to Atlys. You will not believe the lengths they will go to get their drug! I'm not going to spoil the story by saying too much, read the blurb then read this book! You'll be hooked....
Helen R, Reviewer
I don't think I have ever read or ever will read anything so strange.....
Perry Samson is addicted to atlys, a drug he injects straight into his testicles!
This book takes you into his mind (which is the weirdest place...ever!) as his family and Dr Carter try to help him come off the drug. Excellent!
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