A bunch of Portland drunks are on a mission... and this time it's war. Their dark and perilous campaign ceaselessly picks up speed until it takes on a runaway life of its own, transformed by a desperate momentum: once paralyzed rage burns down a bookstore (Powells) and hijacks a commuter train; isolation and fear forces bloody encounters with skinheads, crips, and postal workers. A history of long-disappointed desire becomes a symphony of lurid and hilarious catharsis, building relentlessly to a dizzying conclusion.
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A bunch of Portland drunks are on a mission... and this time it's war. Their dark and perilous campaign ceaselessly picks up speed until it takes on a runaway life of its own, transformed by a desperate momentum: once paralyzed rage burns down a bookstore (Powells) and hijacks a commuter train; isolation and fear forces bloody encounters with skinheads, crips, and postal workers. A history of long-disappointed desire becomes a symphony of lurid and hilarious catharsis, building relentlessly to a dizzying conclusion.
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Add this copy of The Siege of Gresham to cart. $5.50, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by AK Press.
