An American Demon: A Memoir
"Jack Grisham finally, irrevocably, puts to death the slander that the early Los Angeles punk scene was 'plastic.' The first true literature to come out of our pathetic little punk lives,American Demonis haunting and awakens monsters. But it should come with a warning label: it’s a dangerous book. Read Patti Smith's Just Kids. Then read this. But only if you have the courage to follow poetry as far as it can go."  —Paul Roessler, producer, composer, musician"If you’ve ever found yourself unable to turn away from witnessing an accident, crash or natural disaster, you’ll readAmerica Demonstraight through, like I did. Jack Grisham’s memoir is as original as it is horrifying. I couldn’t put it down."  — James Frey, bestselling author,A Million Little PiecesandBright Shiny Morning"[N]ot for the timid. . . . a meld of Oscar Wilde'sDorian GraywithFight ClubandA Clockwork Orange, [Grisham] offers a savage poetry with an undertow of wit. In his lens, not-so-quiet Los Angeles suburbs become awash with dysfunction, revolt, and violence. Yet in the end he offers a sense of recovery as well." —Houston Press(May 5, 2011)“[A] brutal and artful memoir. . . . [Grisham] is a poet of pathology, an uber-punk in a nest of vipers." —www.PopMatters.com (May 9, 2011)