Title: Young and alive in the 70's in New Jersey
Review: Bad Haircut is a collection of short stories told in the first person by a kid Buddy who grows up from Cub Scout, in the first story, to college student in the last. It reminded me some of The Wanderers, by Richard Price, a book I much enjoyed and admired.Overall the book has a light, humorous tone though it has some disturbing moments. The author has an appealing, unpretentious prose style - easy to read, good ear for vernacular, nicely noted details. I lived in that time and it all rings true.The stories are each little slices of life. Some of the later ones are about girls Buddy is involved with. I'd say my favorite stories were Forgiveness and The Jane Pasco Fan Club.This was my first experience with Perrotta. I think I'm going to check out some of his other stuff now. It was that good.
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