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Punk rock legend Blag Dahlia returns with his third transgressive novel Highland Falls

Nina West is a deceptively petite young trickster who works at a funeral home in the suburban Illinois town of Highland Falls. Her short-term boyfriend Ace fronts the Dunderhearts, a band so unlistenable that only constant infusions…

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Blag Dahlia is the lead singer of the notorious Bay Area punk band Dwarves, arguably the most violent and drugged ensemble ever. But the joke's on us because Blag, aka Paul Cafaro may be one of the smartest and articulate characters in underground music. Highland Falls, his third transgressove novel, is his most delightfully debacherous work to date, I read the 150+ pages in one sitting, and couldn't put it down! A+

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