BOOK 144: HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED:
JOE MENO
The third novel by Chicago author Joe Meno. Released by Punk Planet Books in 2004,
it has sold over 80,000 copies in ten printings. It has been optioned for film
by Focus Features.
The novel follows Brian Oswald, a
typical high school outcast, through his sophomore and junior year of Catholic
high school. Brian and his friends, Gretchen and Kim, were geeky misfits in
middle school but the explosion of the punk music scene allowed
them to craft new, tough attitudes to protect themselves against the world.
Brian is hopelessly in love with his best friend Gretchen, a foul-mouthed fat
girl with a penchant for getting into fights. Unfortunately for him, Gretchen
is in love with a handsome Neo-Nazi named Tony Degan.
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