{"product_id":"pussy-king-of-the-pirates-reissue-25th-anniversary-edition-9780802158291","title":"Pussy King of the Pirates (Reissue): 25th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eLoosely related to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePussy, King of the Pirates\u003c\/i\u003e is a grrrl pirate story that journeys from the most famous whorehouse in Alexandria though an unidentified, crumbling city that may or may not be sometime in the future, to Brighton Town, England, and, finally, to a ship headed toward Pirate Island, where the stories converge and the vision ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil Gaiman, a close friend of Acker's, has written a new introduction to this anniversary edition. In typical Acker fashion, he's including a text exchange with one of Acker's fictional heroines, Janey Smith, along with stories of their friendship and what Acker would think of everything now, today, \"as the world begins to burn.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathy Acker (1948-1997)\u003c\/b\u003e was an influential postmodernist writer and performance artist, whose many books include \u003ci\u003eBlood and Guts in High School\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLiteral Madness\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Senseless\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIn Memoriam to Identity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Mother: Demonology\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Eye\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRip-Off Red, Girl Detective\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52196660412690,"sku":"9780802158291","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69795154-5f70-4179-9a42-e33e5aac3e62.jpg?v=1776157547","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pussy-king-of-the-pirates-reissue-25th-anniversary-edition-9780802158291","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}