Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America

Kathy Acker. Grove Press, $14 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-8021-3920-7

Fans of Kathy Acker (1948-1997) will welcome the first publication of two early short crime novels, Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and The Burning Bombing of America, by the late postmodern author. Both are imbued with the raunchy and subversive wit typical of Acker's more mature work.

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