{"product_id":"cruddy-an-illustrated-novel-9780684838465","title":"Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lynda Barry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a September night in 1971, a few days after getting busted for dropping acid, a sixteen-year-old curls up in the corner of her ratty bedroom and begins to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the truth can finally be revealed about the mysterious day long ago when the authorities found a child, calmly walking in the boiling desert, covered with blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe girl is Roberta Rohbeson, and her rant against a world bounded by \"the cruddy top bedroom of a cruddy rental house on a very cruddy mud road\" soon becomes a detailed account of another story, one that she has kept silent since she was eleven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarkly funny and resonant with humanity, Cruddy masterfully intertwines Roberta's stories -- part Easy Rider and part bipolar Wizard of Oz. These stories, the backbone of Roberta's short life, include a one-way trip across America fueled by revenge and greed and a vivid cast of characters, starring Roberta's dangerous father, the owners of the Knocking Hammer Bar -- cum-slaughterhouse, and runaway adolescents. With a teenager's eye for freakish detail and a nervous ability to make the most horrible scenes seem hilarious, Cruddy is a stunning achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45113867501719,"sku":"9780684838465","price":1357.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780684838465.webp?v=1767269071","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cruddy-an-illustrated-novel-9780684838465","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}