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Title: A good book but not "outrageous"
Review: This book is a collection of 22 features that originally appeared in various "alternative press" publications between 2002 and 2004. The stories for the most part are well written and interesting. But they hardly seem to match the title's description as being "outrageous", "alternative" or "underground". Most of them wouldn't have been out of place in any mainstream publication.There are some exceptions; Barbara Solow's "Academia Under Seige" and Dan Savage's "Dope" both were written with an openly partisan stance and Greg Tate's "Hip-Hop Turns 30" was too poorly written to have gone mainstream. But the other articles feature subjects like a profile of New York's last executioner, a fraud case in a Texan cemetary, or history of Ultimate Fighting.So if you're looking for some good human interest pieces, I'd recommend this book. However, if you're looking for something "edgy" you might want to look elsewhere.
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