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Overview
Hugh Gallagher's acclaimed debut novel follows the global soul-search of Neil, a dentally challenged, reluctantly hip downtown scribe. Disenchanted after his East Village writing career crumbles, he takes off for Hollywood, the tropical wilds of Indonesia, and the anarchist squats of East London. At once a saddening chronicle of childhood's end, and an insightful trek through the world of possible futures, Teeth is disarmingly funny and touching — a resonant anthem for all those truly hungry for a solid bite out of life.
Editorials
Library Journal
Neil is a twentysomething writer whose column in a defunct underground youth 'zine has made him a cult hero. Now unemployed, he's become a tortured and confused dreamer desiring to travel the world (at the advice of a young actor who has since overdosed la River Phoenix). He also hopes to reunite with his exotic European girlfriend, to win back a comradeship with his supercool former editor, and mostly to correct his nagging problem teeth. Talented first-time author Gallagher fleshes out an interestingly sympathetic hero and uses his broken teeth, the result of a rebellious leap taken through a second-story window, as a clever metaphor for the fragmented and damaged life being led. Comparable to the novels of Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis, Gallagher's story of a young man's love/hate relationship with our pervasive youth culture and rock'n'roll celebrity as he tries to get a foothold in the adult world is funny, insightful, sensitive, and bold. Recommended for fiction collections, this should be on top of the MTV generation's reading list.David Nudo, "Library Journal"Book Details
Published
February 22, 1999
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780671551674