- Paperback: 244 pages
- Publisher: Ziggurat Books International (5 Aug 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0956103847
- ISBN-13: 978-0956103840
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 201,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Set within the small city of Hoboken, New Jersey in the spring of 1977, with the glamourous allure of Manhattan just across the river, the novel's plot revolves around "the beautiful fat man" Diego Ildefonso, once a refugee from Franco's Spain, and his wife and child and their American friends. Manslaughter and kidnapping haunt the Ildefonso, Nolan, and Rozzo families from the opening pages. Rich in duplicity and betrayal, Hoboken is a study in corrupted idealism and blind allegiance. Its characters lurch from one incident to the next subservient to consumerism, "tabloid" sexuality, and the need to be admired at any cost. No one leaves Reichert's Hoboken unscathed.
Marcus Reichert is the author of the novels Verdon Angster (1995) and The Miracle of Fontana's Monkey (1997). Displaced Person: Poetry, Pornography & Politics (Selected Writings 1970-2005) and Art & Ego: Marcus Reichert in Conversation with Edward Rozzo (2007) and are published by Ziggurat Books.
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"Hilarious, disgusting, pornographic, and poetic...Hoboken is propelled from the start in the tradition of the crime thriller. A multitude of crimes, a multitude of the guilty, a minimum of guilt. The certainty that things are not going to get better but, in the manner of Greek tragedy, are headed for doom and fast. Reichert, with omniscient efficiency, depicts the innards of a society of ordinary people on the verge of implosion. His characters are without intellectual passion, without a sense of achievement. They are left to play with their instincts. Sex and violence predominate but with a horrendous realism reminiscent of the terrifying musings of the Marquis de Sade. We look in vain for hope, but this world is condemned and this particular tribe will auto-destruct." -- Dom Gabrielli, Poet and Author of The Eyes of a Man
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"Hilarious, disgusting, pornographic, and poetic...Hoboken is propelled from the start in the tradition of the crime thriller. A multitude of crimes, a multitude of the guilty, a minimum of guilt. The certainty that things are not going to get better but, in the manner of Greek tragedy, are headed for doom and fast. Reichert, with omniscient efficiency, depicts the innards of a society of ordinary people on the verge of implosion. His characters are without intellectual passion, without a sense of achievement. They are left to play with their instincts. Sex and violence predominate but with a horrendous realism reminiscent of the terrifying musings of the Marquis de Sade. We look in vain for hope, but this world is condemned and this particular tribe will auto-destruct." -- Dom Gabrielli, Writer & Poet, Paris
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HOBOKEN; Reichert
3 Nov 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Reichert has taken his art to another level. While different than his normal pen/ink, paint, and plaster, Reichert's book stimulates the imagination and grabs you into every word. I look forward to his next sharing.
STARTLING, DISTURBING, DARKLY AMUSING, AND POETIC
25 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback
Set within the small city of Hoboken, New Jersey in the spring of 1977, with the glamourous allure of Manhattan just across the river, the novel's plot revolves around "the beautiful fat man" Diego Ildefonso, once a refugee from Franco's Spain, and his wife and child and their American friends. Manslaughter and kidnapping haunt the Ildefonso, Nolan, and Rozzo families from the opening pages. Rich in duplicity and betrayal, Hoboken is a study in corrupted idealism and blind allegiance. Its characters lurch from one incident to the next subservient to consumerism, "tabloid" sexuality, and the need to be admired at any cost. No one leaves Reichert's Hoboken unscathed.
"Hilarious, disgusting, pornographic, and poetic...Hoboken is propelled from the start in the tradition of the crime thriller. A multitude of crimes, a multitude of the guilty, a minimum of guilt. The certainty that things are not going to get better but, in the manner of Greek tragedy, are headed for doom and fast. Reichert, with omniscient efficiency, depicts the innards of a society of ordinary people on the verge of implosion. His characters are without intellectual passion, without a sense of achievement. They are left to play with their instincts. Sex and violence predominate but with a horrendous realism reminiscent of the terrifying musings of the Marquis de Sade. We look in vain for hope, but this world is condemned and this particular tribe will auto-destruct."
Dom Gabrielli, Writer & Poet, Paris
"Hilarious, disgusting, pornographic, and poetic...Hoboken is propelled from the start in the tradition of the crime thriller. A multitude of crimes, a multitude of the guilty, a minimum of guilt. The certainty that things are not going to get better but, in the manner of Greek tragedy, are headed for doom and fast. Reichert, with omniscient efficiency, depicts the innards of a society of ordinary people on the verge of implosion. His characters are without intellectual passion, without a sense of achievement. They are left to play with their instincts. Sex and violence predominate but with a horrendous realism reminiscent of the terrifying musings of the Marquis de Sade. We look in vain for hope, but this world is condemned and this particular tribe will auto-destruct."
Dom Gabrielli, Writer & Poet, Paris
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