num_pages: 240
description: Tom Perrotta made his literary debut with his short story collection Bad Haircut, earning critical praise and comparisons to Salinger, Carver, and Roth by taking readers to New Jersey in the 1970s as a boy named Buddy struggles with the timeless mysteries of sex, death, parents-and of course, bad haircuts.
language: English
title: Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies
titlecomplete: Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies
genres: Short Stories, American, Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction, College, Anthologies, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 2043
publisher: Berkley Trade