Fuzz Against Junk: The Saga Of The Narcotics Brigade
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the seedy underbelly of mid-century America, where badge-wielding officers wage a relentless war against the drug trade, Fuzz Against Junk: The Saga of the Narcotics Brigade presents a wickedly satirical portrait of law enforcement and the criminal world it pursues. Akbar Del Piombo — the pen name of the American expatriate writer Norman Rubington — chronicles the absurd and often farcical clashes between a bumbling narcotics brigade and the colourful cast of junkies, dealers, and street-level hustlers who outwit them at every turn. Illustrated with pictorials by Rubington himself, the work blurs the line between pulp fiction and underground art, delivering its social commentary with a sharp, anarchic wit. A product of the Beat Generation's fringe literary scene and published by the countercultural imprint Beach Books, Texts & Documents, Fuzz Against Junk stands as a cult artefact of 1960s transgressive literature. Del Piombo's prose is irreverent and carnivalesque, dismantling the mythology of the heroic lawman while simultaneously lampooning the drug culture it polices. For readers drawn to the subversive humour of William S. Burroughs or the satirical edge of Terry Southern, this singular work raises a provocative question: in a war where both sides are equally absurd, who truly wins?
Author: Akbar Del Piombo
Format: Paperback
Published: 1961, Beach Books, Texts & Documents, Inc.
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the seedy underbelly of mid-century America, where badge-wielding officers wage a relentless war against the drug trade, Fuzz Against Junk: The Saga of the Narcotics Brigade presents a wickedly satirical portrait of law enforcement and the criminal world it pursues. Akbar Del Piombo — the pen name of the American expatriate writer Norman Rubington — chronicles the absurd and often farcical clashes between a bumbling narcotics brigade and the colourful cast of junkies, dealers, and street-level hustlers who outwit them at every turn. Illustrated with pictorials by Rubington himself, the work blurs the line between pulp fiction and underground art, delivering its social commentary with a sharp, anarchic wit. A product of the Beat Generation's fringe literary scene and published by the countercultural imprint Beach Books, Texts & Documents, Fuzz Against Junk stands as a cult artefact of 1960s transgressive literature. Del Piombo's prose is irreverent and carnivalesque, dismantling the mythology of the heroic lawman while simultaneously lampooning the drug culture it polices. For readers drawn to the subversive humour of William S. Burroughs or the satirical edge of Terry Southern, this singular work raises a provocative question: in a war where both sides are equally absurd, who truly wins?