Adam Mansbach s books include the number one international bestseller "Go the Fuck to Sleep, "the California Book Award winning novel "The End of the Jews, "and the cult classic "Angry Black White Boy. "His work has appeared in "The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, "and "The Believer, "and on National Public Radio s "All Things Considered.""
"Mansbach has clearly had a play date with Michael Chabon and Junot
Diaz, and his fresh, witty novel is one that hip readers will
relish . . . Laced with zaniness and cultural bling."
"" ""Ron Charles, ""Washington Post"" A rollicking, frenetic and
hilarious jaunt through the (literal and figurative) New York City
underworld . . . [that] does for graffiti what Michael Chabon's
""The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay"" did for comic books .
. . ""[Rage is Back] ""mashes up disparate linguistic registers
with an effortlessness that brings to mind Junot Diaz s perennial
narrator, Junior . . . Beneath all the weed and spray paint, it s a
warmhearted story about a son searching for his father and for
himself, a trip through the past and present of an American art
form.
David Lukas, ""San Francisco Chronicle "" Mansbach s wild ride will
likely earn cult-classic status and deservedly so . . . In Dondi,
Mansbach has created an unforgettable narrator who combines
elements of Holden Caulfield, Oscar Wao, and even a hint of
Ignatius J. Reilly.
Eric Liebetrau, ""Boston Globe"" Flashing bits of brilliance like a
beautifully burned train . . . Mansbach can write with real talent,
maybe crazy talent.
Kevin Baker, ""The New York Times Book Review"" A hilarious revenge
thriller. . . [that reads] something like watching a Quentin
Tarantino film or listening to a Wu-Tang Clan album perhaps
simultaneously. This is a great thing. ""Rage Is Back"" has humor
and horror and humanity and is altogether fresh.
Kevin Coval, ""Chicago Tribune"" Exuberant . . . Mansbach s paean
to graffiti art . . . has a wild-style collage form that also ties
in plot points involving a hallucinogenic vision-quest, the
so-called mole people said to live in the city s tunnels, and time
travel.
""The Wall Street Journal "" A muscular ode to New York City s
1980s art underground . . . Combines a poet's touch with the wild
sparks of a subway train speeding through a graffiti-splashed
tunnel.
"" Elle Magazine"" ""Rage Is Back ""is a gutsy act of cultural
nostalgia, full of longing for a vanished New York, a chaotic,
colorful city full of graffiti and guerilla art. Adam Mansbach is a
fearless, funny, and thoroughly engaging writer.
Tom Perrotta, author of ""Little Children"" and ""The Leftovers""
Adam Mansbach's new novel is a trip! A trip through dimensions,
drugs, and even an ingenious time machine. Rage is Back is
hilarious and insightful, tender and surprising, but best of all
it's a tribute to the old heads, the bombers and taggers and the
glory of writing in all its forms.
Victor LaValle, author of ""The Devil in Silver""and ""Big
Machine"" """Rage Is Back""is a funny, macho-but-vulnerable
coming-of-age-story. It s seeped in New York nostalgia and narrated
in bright and vulgar prose that succeeds in hinting at no small
quantity of swagger and soul. As Dondi says, it s not easy to talk
from your heart and out your ass at the same time. Delightfully,
""Rage Is Back""manages to do both."
"" Daily Beast"" A bracingly funny book [that] rekindles the golden
age of graffiti.
Connie Ogle, ""Miami Herald "" "A cacophonous love letter to the
old dirty, pre-gentrified New York."
"New York Post" A fierce and funny thrill ride through the train
yards and back streets of the graffiti underground. Mansbach writes
with splendid rhythm and intensity.
""San Jose Mercury News"" A rambunctious ride through graffiti
culture, filled with magical moments and outlandish situations . .
. Like Tarantino, Mansbach has an ear for hip-hop.
Charles Ealy, ""Austin American-Statesman "" Unfolding like a fever
dream of an impossible return to graffiti-era New York, ""Mansbach
s Rage Is Back"" delivers a mind-bending journey through a
subterranean world of epic heroes and villains, and is already
being called the great American graffiti novel. A must-read for the
literate hip-hop head.
""OkayPlayer"""
"A bracingly funny book [that] rekindles the golden age of
graffiti."
--Connie Ogle, "Miami Herald"
"A cacophonous love letter to the old dirty, pre-gentrified New
York."
--"New York Post"
"A muscular ode to New York City's 1980s art underground . . .
Combines a poet's touch with the wild sparks of a subway train
speeding through a graffiti-splashed tunnel."
"--Elle"
"A rambunctious ride through graffiti culture, filled with magical
moments and outlandish situations . . . Like Tarantino, Mansbach
has an ear for hip-hop."
--Charles Ealy, "Austin American-Statesman"
"A rollicking, frenetic and hilarious jaunt through the (literal
and figurative) New York City underworld . . . [that] does for
graffiti what Michael Chabon's ""The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier
& Clay"" did for comic books . . . "[Rage is Back] "mashes up
disparate linguistic registers with an effortlessness that brings
to mind Junot Diaz's perennial narrator, Junior . . . Beneath all
the weed and spray paint, it's a warmhearted story about a son
searching for his father and for himself, a trip through the past
and present of an American art form."
--David Lukas, " San Francisco Chronicle"
"Exuberant . . . Mansbach's paean to graffiti art . . . has a
wild-style collage form that also ties in plot points involving a
hallucinogenic vision-quest, the so-called 'mole people' said to
live in the city's tunnels, and time travel."
--"The Wall Street Journal"
""Rage Is Back" is a funny, macho-but-vulnerable
coming-of-age-story. It's seeped in New York nostalgia and narrated
in bright and vulgar prose that succeeds in hinting at no small
quantity of swagger and soul. As Dondi says, 'it's not easy to talk
from your heart and out your ass at the same time.' Delightfully,
""Rage Is Back"" manages to do both."
"--""Daily Beast"
"A fierce and funny thrill ride through the train yards and back
streets of the graffiti underground. Mansbach writes with splendid
rhythm and intensity."
"--""San Jose Mercury News"
""Rage Is Back "is a gutsy act of cultural nostalgia, full of
longing for a vanished New York, a chaotic, colorful city full of
graffiti and guerilla art. Adam Mansbach is a fearless, funny, and
thoroughly engaging writer."
--Tom Perrotta, author of "Little Children" and "The Leftovers"
"Adam has given us a lush tale of time travel, mysticism, justice,
the adventures of a boy and his dad--woven into the fabric of a
bygone era in NYC. "Rage Is Back" is fresh, compelling and
nostalgic all at once--a must for lovers of graf culture and those
of us who lived it. A great read."
--Pharoahe Monch
"Adam Mansbach's "Rage Is Back" is a great, raucous ride--a lament
for the hypocrisy of the present, as well as an ode to a lost NYC
of the Eighties, where street art and cultural chaos were in
constant struggle against greed and corruption. The voice of the
narrator--melancholy and hilarious, acerbic and wise--leaps out
from page one, grabs you and doesn't let go."
--Danzy Senna, author of "Caucasia"
"Adam Mansbach's "Rage Is Back" is a profound reminder of why
fiction matters. A riotous and propulsive read, this darkly poetic
novel took me places I could never get to with my own two feet, and
introduced me to souls living colorfully outside the mainstream.
Behind its street boy pose is an ambitious novel about family,
friendship and the ties that bind. Mansbach makes it look
easy."
--Attica Locke, author of "Blackwater Rising" and "The Cutting
Season"
"Adam Mansbach's new novel is a trip! A trip through dimensions,
drugs, and even an ingenious time machine. "Rage Is Back" is
hilarious and insightful, tender and surprising, but best of all
it's a tribute to the old heads, the bombers and taggers and the
glory of writing in all its forms."
--Victor LaValle, author of "The Devil in Silver" and "Big
Machine"
"An ambitious and immersive look into the New York graffiti scene.
A finely detailed, richly colored work drawn with an artful
hand."
--Chuck Hogan, author of "The Town "
"Carlos Castaneda meets underground New York with a subway tunnel
sensibility . . . Sure to be a cult classic and cause a stir."
--"Library Journal"
"Hits the ground running and never stops . . . Mansbach's sharp and
edgy style carries this fresh story in and out of subway tunnels
and through the grimiest neighborhoods of New York, bringing the
New York of now and then together in full relief."
-- Heather Paulson, "Booklist"
"Slick, outlandish . . . Mansbach's novel is a fun and exciting
read."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"Thrilling . . . Electric with rhythm . . . The book is peppered
with grandfatherly revolutionaries, slang-slinging young bloods and
an army of paint-wielding ninjas who unite with military precision
on an ambitious plan to graffiti-bomb every single train car on the
MTA."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Adam Mansbach's "Rage is Back" is a profound reminder of why
fiction matters. A riotous and propulsive read, this darkly poetic
novel took me places I could never get to with my own two feet, and
introduced me to souls living colorfully outside the mainstream.
Behind its street boy pose is an ambitious novel about family,
friendship and the ties that bind. Mansbach makes it look easy."
--Attica Locke, author of "Blackwater Rising" and "The Cutting
Season"
--Attica Locke, author of Blackwater Rising and The Cutting
Season
"Adam Mansbach's "Rage is Back" is a great, raucous ride--a lament
for the hypocrisy of the present, as well as an ode to a lost NYC
of the Eighties, where street art and cultural chaos were in
constant struggle against greed and corruption. The voice of the
narrator--melancholy and hilarious, acerbic and wise--leaps out
from page one, grabs you and doesn't let go." --Danzy Senna, author
of "Caucasia"
--Danzy Senna, author of Caucasia
"Mansbach was minding his own business as a respected novelist...
when he pulled an extraordinary coup by writing the No. 1 New York
Times best-selling "Go the F**k To Sleep." His new novel [has] the
same refreshing edginess. You don't have to be a New Yorker to
enjoy this ode to urban ingenuity." --"Library Journal"
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