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Bad Haircut
A Literary Fiction Novel by Tom Perrotta
Subgenres:
- Coming-of-Age,
- Suburban Fiction,
- Linked Short Stories
This book is for you if you're into...
- Suburban New Jersey coming-of-age through the 1970s
- Awkward adolescent moments that feel hilariously real
- Stories where small-town rituals shape big life lessons
The ten rich stories here span from 1969 to 1980 and are linked by a single protagonist: Buddy, an adolescent suburban New Jersey boy who is truly seeing his world for the first time and already finding it both mysterious and lacking.
Whether he's discovering that his mother actually knows—and has a history with—the man inside the battered foam hot dog costume; feeling the first glimmer that sex might actually be possible for him; or finding himself swept along on a prank gone very wrong, Buddy is a recognizable and relatable American boy in this collection by the author of Tracy Flick Can't Win, Mrs. Fletcher, and The Abstinence Teacher, among other novels.
Bad Haircut explores the themes that have fascinated Perrotta throughout his career: suburban rituals and mores; sports and religion; the cheerful cheesiness of American consumer life; public tests of manliness; and the moral dilemmas faced by ordinary people, parents, and teenagers alike.
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