Hairstyles of the Damned

The debut novel from Akashic’s new imprint, Punk Planet Books. Also check out the smash hits How the Hula Girl Sings, Tender as Hellfire, and The Boy Detective Fails.

“A funny, hard-rocking first-person tale of teenage angst and discovery.” —Booklist

“Captures the loose, fun, recklessness of midwestern punk.” —MTV.com

Hairstyles of the Damned is an honest, true-life depiction of growing up punk on Chicago’s south side: a study in the demons of racial intolerance, Catholic school conformism, an...