Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies

tom perrotta

Tom Perrotta made his literary debut with his short story collection Bad Haircut, earning critical praise and comparisons to Salinger, Carver, and Roth by taking readers to New Jersey in the 1970s as a boy named Buddy struggles with the timeless mysteries of sex, death, parents-and of course, bad haircuts.

Genres short storiesfictionhumoramericanliterary fictionrealistic fictioncoming of agecontemporarybook clubdrama

240 pages, Paperback

First published April 14,1994

This edition

Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Published: April 1, 1997 by Berkley Trade
ISBN: 9780425159545
ASIN: 042515954X
Language: English

About the author

tom perrotta

Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of nine works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. His work has been translated into a multitude of languages. Perrotta grew up in New Jersey and lives outside of Boston.