Treasure Island Turned On Its Head
ACKER, Kathy. Pussy: King of the Pirates. New York: Grove Press. 1996.
8vo. Original black boards with silver lettering to spine; illustrated endpapers; pages untrimmed; unclipped black dust jacket with pink flaps; pp. [xiii], 277, [10]; fine.
First edition.
"Acker's writing is beaten out of a wild heart that nothing can tame" - Jeanette Winterson.
Pussy: King of the Pirates Loosley related to Stevenson's Treasure Island, Pussy: King of the Pirates is a feminist pirate story that time travels from the most famous "whorehouse" in Alexandria to Brighton, finally reaching Pirate Island, where the stories converge.
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