Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone

By David B. Feinberg

Book Overview

"The ultimate gadlfly of the epidemic . . . here's one book that truly deserves a place in a time capsule."--Armistead Maupin

"This is as close to the truth as I can get," writes David Feinberg in what he calls his "personal Portrait of the Artist as a Young Diseased Jew Fag Pariah." Queer and Loathing is a collection of autobiographical essays, gonzo journalism, and demented Feinbergian lists about AIDS activism and living, writing, and dying with AIDS.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140240802
• ISBN13: 9780140240801
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

This book was awesome....

I read this book for the first time when I was about 8(I found it in my parent's bedroom and snuck and read it under my bed and in the laundry room). Feinberg was such a superb writer,bravely tackling the issue of AIDS and introducing it to the public from a first person kind of view. I was saddened that I didn't get a chance to read his work until 5 years after his death. This novel was ironicly hilarious, devastating and powerful. A work of pure genius.

Thank God it's not me...

If Silence=Death, then David Feinberg would still be here forcing us to look at what life was/is for those suffering with AIDS. He's the traffic accident you can't help but look at as he forces us to laugh at what is by definintion, not funny. He's the bad joke at a funeral, the one we are all grateful for but would never own. RIP, David... MJ.

FANTASTIC!!!!

Mr. Feinberg's words are spectacular. The reader is certainly transported to another time and place . Sometimes the place isn't where one wants to be, however, one learns how a person copes with living with HIV. I laughed, cried and worried throughout. I believe this book is good for anyone to read and I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't have a clue about HIV.Enjoy!!

This is the real thing

Feinberg says in this book that he wants to reach age 40 and write 5 books. It's our great loss that he didn't get to do either but at least we have 2 novels and this. I'd say that if you're going to read anything that's real about AIDS, read this.

Best book i have ever read, I loved it!

Queer and Loathing was a great book. David Feinberg is a great person, very strong and a great personalit. I urge everyone to read this book.