the gas line is leaking, the bird is gone from the cage, the skyline is dotted with vultures; Benny finally got off the stuff and Betty now has a job as a waitress; and the chimney sweep was quite delicate as he giggled up through the soot. I walked miles through the city and recognized nothing as a giant claw ate at my stomach while the inside of my head felt airy as if I was about to go mad. it's not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing, there's no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and hucksters. the more people say, the less there is to say. even the best books are dry sawdust. -from "fingernails; nostrils; shoelaces"
- ISBN10 0060577088
- ISBN13 9780060577087
- Publish Date 27 March 2014 (first published 27 March 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ECCO Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English