The High Desert - Black. Punk. Nowhere.

A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young man''s immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk. Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert. Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The one silver lining--new school, new you, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of micro-aggressors to future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race, acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn''t know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders--skaters, unhappy young rebels, caught up in the punk groundswell sweeping the country. A haircut, a few Sex Pistols, Misfits and Black Flag records later: suddenly, James has friends, romantic prospects, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this desolate landscape hides brutal, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses, a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set to collide at one of the year''s biggest shows in town... Weaving in the Black roots of punk rock and a vivid interlude in the thriving eighties DIY and punk scene in New York''s East Village, this is the memoir of a budding punk, artist, and activist.

Product details

• Authors: James Spooner
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2022
• EAN: 9780358659112
• ISBN: 978-0-358-65911-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Punk, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir *, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Punk, GRAPHIC NOVELS: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, LITERATURE: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC NOVELS: GRAPHIC NOVELS, Relating to African American / Black American people, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage