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Nobody Special The Death of Johnny Salinger Jack Deadmen 9781481818124 Books

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Nobody Special The Death of Johnny Salinger Jack Deadmen 9781481818124 Books

Jack Deadmen's "Nobody Special: The Death of Johnny Salinger" is one night in a poet's life, the night he decides to die. Johnny Salinger is a poet who may have achieved fame and success too early in life and decides he can't deal with his life any more. He has set it up that he's only one doorway away from someone saving his life, the question is, will anybody open that door?

Johnny Salinger is a rarity, a poet in the Lord Byron vein, young, lauded for his literary gifts both by critics and the general public, and damned, by his own words and actions, he seems more an amalgam of poets from past generations and a rock star, but rock stars have become our poets and voices of our generations. Jim Morrison wrote "words got me the wound and will get me better, if you can believe it," Salinger has the same conflict as Morrison, the hope that he can write his way out of his existential angst, but also the sinking feeling of skepticism about his ability to write his way out of it. Salinger has set the scene of his suicide in one of the rooms of his mansion while a party rages on just outside his door, and has committed himself to die unless someone, anyone can prove they care enough about him to just come into the room.

Through the narrative we learn that Salinger has lived a life without regrets, he has lived his life to the fullest, taken advantage of the opportunities and people that have come into his life, but his discovery is that living a life without regrets only leads to another set of regrets. The story takes the form of diary entries, poems and even an internal screenplay, at first the negatively connotated phrase "throwing everything in including the kitchen sink" may come to mind, and in the hands of a lesser writer you may be right. But what Salinger and Deadmen have done is divide up Salinger's psyche as he watches the movie in his mind of his indiscretions. Deadmen is still going to throw everything he has at you, but Deadmen is a good writer bordering on great and in his hands, these tools are used skillfully to give you the sense of Salinger, the decadence he has courted that has brought him to this point. One startling example of this is a description of a huge snake and crows that comes close to rivaling Jack Kerouac's "Dr. Sax" vision of a huge snake whose skin splits open to reveal it is only a husk hiding a flock of doves.

Some have classified this as experimental writing but don't let this scare you, good writing is good writing, and while Deadmen isn't going to lead you down a traditional path the journey is worth the cost of the trip. "Nobody Special: The Death of Johnny Salinger" may be an opportunity to see a young writer who has mastered the basics and now dares to take himself and his readers that one step beyond to an emerging writer that is someone to watch and read.

Note: The Kindle version has some issues with formatting, at first I thought it was part of Deadmen's technique, it turned out that it wasn't despite that "Nobody Special" is still worth the time and money to read.


Tags : Nobody Special: The Death of Johnny Salinger [Jack Deadmen] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Set in 1993, Nobody Special: The Death of Johnny Salinger chronicles the last night of the iconic poet as he struggles to end his haunted past or salvage himself from the crash and burn of living in a state of desolation and terminal sadness for too long. Psychologically trapped in his room and hiding from the chaos of a massive New Years Eve party where over-zealous hangers-on have turned his home into a hostel for degenerates,Jack Deadmen,Nobody Special: The Death of Johnny Salinger,CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,1481818120,Fiction,Fiction - General,Fiction Literary,Literary,Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Nobody Special The Death of Johnny Salinger Jack Deadmen 9781481818124 Books Reviews

Great read, punk nostalgia meets fear and loathing
Heads up to potential readers You have never read anything like Nobody Special. For that reason alone, READ IT. Why is it so enthrallingly dissimilar to other writings? Well I can't put that into words because I am not Jack Deadmen.

Deadmen's writing forces Johnny Salinger's erratic thinking and potent emotions to become your own. This book is an emotion-packed, drug-induced, punk-as-hell, insanely gripping roller coaster ride. "Buy the ticket, take the ride." Or in this case, "buy the book, take the dark, dark ride."
This is not your standard, formulaic, happy feel good narrative. With that said, I found this to be one of the more intriguing reads I have ever gotten my hands on. The prose is unlike any I have read before. The author really gives you a glimpse into another person's mind, I mean he really takes you there, and it is a very different lens to look at the world through. The use of metapor gets a little heavy in some parts, but creatively this is a gem. Overall this is an excellent read. I give it five stars both for originality and ease of reading. Well done!
This well written, amazing book is a must read! Jump in to the life of Johnny Salinger and buckle up your seat belt, it's a crazy ride.
Wow wow wow! I haven't enjoyed a writing style this much EVER. Jack Deadmen is wildly introspective, contemplative and artfully articulate from start to finish. I enjoyed his writing skill as much as the plot line, often stopping to highlight or re-read lines, paragraphs and whole pages I just loved them so much. At times I felt like applauding him as I would a great drum or guitar solo at a great rock concert. It would make a brilliant one man play. Read it, Jack Deadmen does not disappoint...and buckle your seatbelt.
Jack Deadmen's "Nobody Special The Death of Johnny Salinger" is one night in a poet's life, the night he decides to die. Johnny Salinger is a poet who may have achieved fame and success too early in life and decides he can't deal with his life any more. He has set it up that he's only one doorway away from someone saving his life, the question is, will anybody open that door?

Johnny Salinger is a rarity, a poet in the Lord Byron vein, young, lauded for his literary gifts both by critics and the general public, and damned, by his own words and actions, he seems more an amalgam of poets from past generations and a rock star, but rock stars have become our poets and voices of our generations. Jim Morrison wrote "words got me the wound and will get me better, if you can believe it," Salinger has the same conflict as Morrison, the hope that he can write his way out of his existential angst, but also the sinking feeling of skepticism about his ability to write his way out of it. Salinger has set the scene of his suicide in one of the rooms of his mansion while a party rages on just outside his door, and has committed himself to die unless someone, anyone can prove they care enough about him to just come into the room.

Through the narrative we learn that Salinger has lived a life without regrets, he has lived his life to the fullest, taken advantage of the opportunities and people that have come into his life, but his discovery is that living a life without regrets only leads to another set of regrets. The story takes the form of diary entries, poems and even an internal screenplay, at first the negatively connotated phrase "throwing everything in including the kitchen sink" may come to mind, and in the hands of a lesser writer you may be right. But what Salinger and Deadmen have done is divide up Salinger's psyche as he watches the movie in his mind of his indiscretions. Deadmen is still going to throw everything he has at you, but Deadmen is a good writer bordering on great and in his hands, these tools are used skillfully to give you the sense of Salinger, the decadence he has courted that has brought him to this point. One startling example of this is a description of a huge snake and crows that comes close to rivaling Jack Kerouac's "Dr. Sax" vision of a huge snake whose skin splits open to reveal it is only a husk hiding a flock of doves.

Some have classified this as experimental writing but don't let this scare you, good writing is good writing, and while Deadmen isn't going to lead you down a traditional path the journey is worth the cost of the trip. "Nobody Special The Death of Johnny Salinger" may be an opportunity to see a young writer who has mastered the basics and now dares to take himself and his readers that one step beyond to an emerging writer that is someone to watch and read.

Note The version has some issues with formatting, at first I thought it was part of Deadmen's technique, it turned out that it wasn't despite that "Nobody Special" is still worth the time and money to read.