7/13/09

Shoplifting from American Apparel (Sept. 2009) promotional post part five

Release date: Sept. 15 2009
Genre: autobiographical, fiction, novella
Blurb: "Helluvanovella." - Daniel Handler
Blurb: "I loved the book." - Stephen Elliott
Blurb: "[N]ew favorite book." - Lesley Arfin
Early Reviews: here
Word count: 18167
Flesch-Kincaid grade level: 3.5

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Relevant links: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, "should I remix it" post, Goodreads page, Facebook group, Publisher's page

19 Comments:

Anonymous i'm in france said...

hi tao
looking forward to reading this sometime

8:39 PM  
Anonymous bearfish said...

hey tao

thanks for letting me read this. i can't wait until i have a shiny new copy in my hands.

8:53 PM  
Blogger david fishkind said...

how can i get an advanced readers copy?

9:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

eeeee eee eeee was 211 pages. shoplifting from aa is 112. seems like a palindrome or something.

9:59 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

good observation anonymous

10:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wrong finger.

6:45 AM  
Blogger andy.riverbed said...

i want a copy of this book.

i don't really like doing reviews though. maybe rilly will review and then i can read it. send rilly a copy.

9:16 AM  
Blogger Danielle said...

oh so looking forward to neglecting most physical, social, educational and possibly emotional responsibilities when this book comes out. i bet if i was able to secure it before my peers they would really respect me. too bad I don't have any "insider connections".

9:32 AM  
Anonymous Chloe said...

will this book change my life? i would like it to 'awaken' something in me

10:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

it will make you want to drink iced coffee, probably make you laugh when you think about it later that day

10:36 AM  
Anonymous Tao Lin said...

happy birthday crispin best

4:26 PM  
Blogger Crispin Best said...

thanks tao
you are generous
being a meme feels outstanding

2:13 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

did someone 'hack' my gmail account

confused

happy birthday crispin

3:14 PM  
OpenID SirGeorgeAiry said...

"Flesch-Kincaid grade level: 3.5"
how is that possible?

11:11 AM  
Anonymous richard capener said...

i'm a poor cleaner. i would preorder it but i can't. give me sympathy and awws.

if you would like to preorder a copy for me my address is:

Richard Capener
11 Vernal Close
Abbeymead
Gloucester
Gloucestershire, UK
GL4 5FW

6:42 AM  
Blogger Brittany Wallace said...

oh christ i'm just gonna pre-order it.
fuck, tao, i don't have $$ for this!

11:19 AM  
Blogger Richard said...

dear mr. tao,

can you deleat the 'richard capener' comment.

thank you,

richard

1:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wonder what pass through your mind while stealing from AA? we are reading your book(college course)

7:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wonder what pass through your mind when you stole from AA, We are taking a course in literature so we are reading your book and that is one of the questions

7:45 PM  

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