Hairstyles of the Damned [Paperback]

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Meno gives his proverbial coming-of-age tale a punk-rock edge, as seventeen-year-old Chicagoan Brian Oswald tries to land his first girlfriend...Meno ably explores Brian's emotional uncertainty and his poignant youthful search for meaning...His gabby, heartfelt, and utterly believable take on adolescence strikes a winning chord.
--Publishers Weekly

A funny, hard-rocking first-person tale of teenage angst and discovery.
--Booklist

Captures the loose, fun, recklessness of midwestern punk.
--MTV.com

Captures both the sweetness and sting of adolescence with unflinching honesty.
--Entertainment Weekly

Joe Meno writes with the energy, honesty, and emotional impact of the best punk rock. From the opening sentence to the very last word,Hairstyles of the Damnedheld me in his grip.
--Jim DeRogatis, pop music critic,Chicago Sun-Times

The most authentic young voice since J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield...A darn good book.
--Daily Southtown

Sensitive, well-observed, often laugh-out-loud funny...You won't regret a moment of the journey.
--Chicago Tribune

Meno is a romantic at heart. Not the greeting card kind, or the Harlequin paperback version, but the type who thinks, deep down, that things matter, that art can change lives.
--Elgin Courier News

Funny and charming and sad and real. The adults are sparingly yet poignantly drawn, especially the fathers, who slip through without saying much but make a profound impression.
--Chicago Journal

Underneath his angst, Brian, the narrator ofHairstyles of the Damned, possesses a disarming sense of compassion which allows him to worm hil1