num_pages: 304
description: So many hyperbolic statements have been made about this novel--from Don DeLillo calling it a "slasher classic," to The Village Voice calling it a "mescaline Slurpee," to The New Yorker comparing it to Orson Welles's "deliciously sleazy" Touch of Evil--that it can be hard to sort out the truth from the hype. The bottom line is that this is a postmodern road novel about mass media, with multiple allusions to horror movies. As the rave review in the premiere horror critique rag, Necrofile , puts it, Going Native is about the "round-the-clock bombardment of inanity and violence that has so thoroughly invaded mundane existence as to render it cartoon-like." If you care about how horror imagery affects modern culture, and you want to have a great time thinking about it, then read this book.
language: English
title: Going Native
titlecomplete: Going Native
characters: Rho, Wylie Jones
genres: Literature, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Modern, Mental Health, Fiction, Humor, Contemporary, Mystery
ratings_count: 814
places: The United States of America
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux