{"product_id":"pranks-9781889307459","title":"Pranks!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver forty interviews and essays with leading cultural icons who have unique ways of critiquing \"the system\" with humor and ingenuity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDazzling deceptions and provocative put-ons from some of the most outrageous artists and personalities\u003c\/b\u003e. Spontaneous, improvised craziness from the Underground in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and points in between. From artists, Bruce Conner and Mark Pauline to radical organizer\/writer, Abbie Hoffman, to performance artists Karen Finley and Harry Kipper (and the list goes on) -- the interviewees each have a quirky and distinctive way of commenting on life. Here are an exhaustive number of anecdotes and philosophies, heavily illustrated with photographs and clippings from their travails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA prank is a trick, a mischievous act, and a ludicrous act. \u003c\/b\u003eAlthough not regarded as poetic or artistic acts, pranks constitute an art form and genre. In \u003ci\u003ePranks!\u003c\/i\u003e, classic pranksters such as Monte Cazazza, Jello Biafra, Joe Coleman, Henry Rollins, John Waters and Henry Rollins challenge the sovereign authority of words, images and behavioral convention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e V. Vale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Re\/Search Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Re\/Search #11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781889307459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2nd Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Re\/Search Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47907054157961,"sku":"9781889307459","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_d83048c0-5c8f-418a-9f96-53e6eba9d248.jpg?v=1785883865","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/pranks-9781889307459","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}