Aug
Hey everyone! My new book, THE BLONDE OF THE JOKE, comes out today! I would really like it if you bought it. The topic of the book is skanky teen shoplifters searching for the Holy Grail at a dying suburban shopping mall.
In celebration of the day I was originally going to record a generous charity single called DO THEY KNOW IT’S PUB DAY? (To benefit Mary Gaitskill’s Fresh Air Fund children.) But it was going to involve a lot of elaborate costumes, and I never got around to it. So you will just have to buy the book without the enticement of a lolish video with me singing in different wigs. (The performance art piece in which I portray various castmembers from THE HILLS is still online, though, for those interested in such things.)
The dirty secret of PUB DAY is that it’s supposed to be a big celebration but in fact it’s usually kind of depressing because nothing actually happens, including your book might not have even made it into stores yet. Some people I know spend the day of their publication traveling around from bookstore to bookstore in hopes of a sighting; those people are called gluttons for punishment. Right now I’m halfway through a bottle of my mom’s cheapo Chardonnay. If you want to call that a celebration you can feel free. But what would really be gr8 is if you everyone in the world bought the book and made me rich and happy!
If you don’t yet feel ready to make a purchase— well fuck you! But you can preview the first sixty or so pages here. And those who don’t trust their own taste can read some complimentary excerpts from the official reviews here.
Famous author and internet personage Matthew Gallaway wrote a nice thing about it here, and famous author Jo Knowles wrote nice things about it here.
Elsewhere on the internet, a person named “Ealandroi” insinuated that The Blonde of the Joke might push already-depressed teens toward suicide. A person named Hollie gave it one star and called it “Trashy right from the first page!” but that’s actually a good way of describing it so I don’t care!
It does not yet have any reviews on Amazon, but at this very moment it is ranked #50 in the category of Teens: Social Issues: Being a Teen. SUCCESS!!
Okay will you buy it now?
