Smothered in Hugs

<p><strong>In another country or another era Dennis Cooper's books would be circulated in secret explosive samizdat editions that friends and fans would pass around and savor like forbidden absinthe. --<em>New York Times Book Review </em></strong></p><p><strong>His work belongs to that of Poe the Marquis de Sade Charles Baudelaire and Georges Bataille other writers who argued with mortality. -- <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></strong></p><p>From the internationally acclaimed author of <em>Ugly Man</em> and one of the last literary outlaws in mainstream American fiction (Bret Easton Ellis) comes a survey of his cultural criticism. From interviews with celebrities such as Leonard DiCaprio and Keanu Reeves; to obituaries for Kurt Cobain and River Phoenix; to writings on social issues--including the touchstone piece AIDS: Words from the front; <em>Smothered in Hugs</em> spans three decades of journalism from Dennis Cooper.</p>