The Jugheads
  • Published: 15 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9781609805838
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $38.00
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The Jugheads

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The acclaimed author of DRUGS returns with more auto-fiction: a prequel to DRUGS and a fearless exploration of the unique, horrifying dystopia of The American Family.

East Texas in the 1960s is not the worst place to have grown up, but for narrator Jake of The Jugheads, it was a minefield. Describing clearly and courageously first jobs and first kisses, family vacations and family fights, Jake takes us through a wild ride of a coming of age, in an ordinary American family that he believes is as violent and dysfunctional as they come. By turns hilarious and moving, The Jugheads is a compelling return to form for a master of the underside of the American psyche.
  • Published: 15 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9781609805838
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $38.00
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Praise for The Jugheads

  • "J. R. Helton really speaks to me--starkly honest, darkly funny, acutely observant, and captures the tragic absurdity of human life. . . . [H]e's right up there with the best of them." -Robert Crumb, who will illustrate the book jacket
  • "This guy Helton could be the next Bukowski." --Terry Zwigoff, director of Crumb and Ghost World