Book description
A young woman discovers that dancers at a local discotheque are being driven to acts of insane violence.
“The place was full of swarming, pugnacious, dangerous missellneous reptile’s… Teenager’s everywhere pounded their way on top of each other crazily strangling, biting and slashing each other’s with broken glass, smashed records…
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1 author picked Discomania as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
"The disco is red, with murder and blood..."
Battling their addiction to disco music, a gang of juvenile delinquents hitch a ride across an imaginary America. 'Discomania' reads like Kerouac's 'On The Road', if it had been written by The Shangri Las (which, obviously, would only have made it better). One of the prestige texts of outsider art, the author's enthusiasm for her story is evident from the first page, sometimes almost carrying her away. But this excitement at the opportunity to write, the evident compulsion to get it all down on paper whilst you still have the chance,…
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