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Screwjack. A short story.
Jan. 25th, 2000 05:35 pmMany people are not aware that Duke appears in Thompson's other stories. Here is a terrifying short story entitled "Screwjack" that is supposedly written by Raoul Duke.
Here is the synopsis:
"The heart of the collection lies in its final, title piece, an unnatrally poignant love story. What makes the romantic tale "Screwjack" so touching, for all its queerness, is the aching melancholy in its depiction of the modern man's burden: that "we are doomed. Mama has gone off to Real Estate School ...and after that maybe even Law School. We will never see her again."
Ostensibly written by Raoul Duke, "Screwjack" begins with an editor's note explaining of Thompson's alter ego that "the first few lines cotain no warning of the madness and fear and lust that came more and more to plague him and dominate his life...."
( The Story )
Here is the synopsis:
"The heart of the collection lies in its final, title piece, an unnatrally poignant love story. What makes the romantic tale "Screwjack" so touching, for all its queerness, is the aching melancholy in its depiction of the modern man's burden: that "we are doomed. Mama has gone off to Real Estate School ...and after that maybe even Law School. We will never see her again."
Ostensibly written by Raoul Duke, "Screwjack" begins with an editor's note explaining of Thompson's alter ego that "the first few lines cotain no warning of the madness and fear and lust that came more and more to plague him and dominate his life...."
( The Story )
