Nina
By (Author) Blag Dahlia
Rare Bird Books
Rare Bird Books
17th August 2023
United States
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
111
Width 139mm, Height 203mm
Nina West hasn't quite crossed the line into adulthood yet, but that's the only line she hasn't crossed.
Left to her own devices after the untimely death of her parents, Nina is a young girl coming of age with no apologies or conscience. Too cool for school, too hot for television, and too scandalous to be believed, Nina is the twisted and surreal tale of an object of desire that gives as good as she gets, wreaking havoc from her quiet hometown to the glittering shores of California, she's a cross between Terry Southern's Candy and Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me. Written by underground idol Blag Dahlia, this ambitious comedy entertains and outrages with each turn of the page.
Blag Dahliahas a funny name and a proud history. Founder of the seminal punk band the Dwarves, he has been performing and recording independent music for over three decades. Dahlia has played over a thousand shows all over the world; produced twenty-three LPs with an eclectic mix of artists for labels like Sympathy for the Record Industry, Epitaph, Sub/Pop, Fat Wreck Chords, Burger Records, and BYO; and written or co-written over two hundred published songs. His work has been featured in films likeHostel,Observe and Report, andMe, Myself, and Irene, as well as dozens of television shows and hundreds of skate/surf videos. Blag co-hosted the podcastRadio Like You Wantand the advice showWe Got Issuesthat ran on San Francisco's esteemed KFOG.