Jun 30 2003
Reading list redux…
Shockingly different!
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OK, I slipped and bought another book. How could I resist? It’s “Crazy Mixed-up Kids,” an anthology of short fiction edited by William Hodapp about juvenile delinquency and drug culture by the likes of Jean-Paul Sartre and Dylan Thomas.
This is an original 1955 edition from Berkley Books of New York. It came out when the beat generation was at the height of their influence, but most of the stories are actually much older, going back as early as 1927, and almost half being from the 1930s.
The book is in quite good condition, with just a few small creases on the spine and a slight crease on the front cover. Sadly, it was printed on cheap pulp stock so the pages, while flat and unmarked, are very yellowed and brittle.
The back cover says:
CRAZY MIXED-UP KIDS is a shockingly different collection of modern short stories by some of the best names in current fiction. These stories have a common theme—the “crazy mixed-up behavior” of the young. Everyone today is aware of the terrible problems of juvenile delinquency—here are stories that face these problems with as much force and urgency as THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE.
