On 5 Jun 00, at 17:29, David Bell wrote:
> I think this has come up before, but can anyone help
me out? I just was
> given a copy of Willeford's KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE. I
also have a copy of
> THE SHARK INFESTED CUSTARD. Are these two books
related and how? Is their
> a sequence to read them in? Are they both worth
reading? Any thoughts?
> Thanks in advance.
They are basically the same book, with SHARK INFESTED CUSTARD
having a separate (short-story) beginning and a different
ending. Beyond that they should be identical. I read KISS
first and upon starting SHARK a couple of years later it took
me a while to realize why it all seemed so familiar. I guess
SHARK is considered to be the best version of the book, but
KISS is a bit more hard-boiled. So perhaps KISS first, wait a
while, and read SHARK later. Worked for me.
--Juha.
Charles Willeford: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~jtlin/cw/
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