{"product_id":"discomania-9781913689919","title":"Discomania","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young woman discovers that dancers at a local discotheque are being driven to acts of insane violence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The place was full of swarming, pugnacious, dangerous missellneous reptile's... Teenager's everywhere pounded their way on top of each other crazily strangling, biting and slashing each other's with broken glass, smashed records or sharpened blades... \" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e16-year-old Jennifer Gibbons (1963-1993) wrote \u003ci\u003eDiscomania\u003c\/i\u003e in 1980, alongside her twin sister June-Alison, who was also writing her own novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Pepsi Cola Addict\u003c\/i\u003e, in the bedroom that they shared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJennifer offered \u003ci\u003eDiscomania\u003c\/i\u003e to the same English vanity press who would publish June-Alison's book, but \u003ci\u003eDiscomania\u003c\/i\u003e was turned down for being \"too violent, too sexual, and too futuristic.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong thought to have been lost or destroyed, June-Alison had in fact preserved the typescript of this unique, furious, funny, and strange novel, which we present with her blessing, alongside additional texts from June-Alison, and editors David Tibet and Ania Goszczyńska.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Gibbons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913689919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Gibbons (1963-1993) was the twin sister of June-Alison Gibbons, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pepsi Cola Addict\u003c\/i\u003e. She wrote \u003ci\u003eDiscomania\u003c\/i\u003e in the bedroom that she shared with June-Alison, who sat on a desk next to her writing \u003ci\u003eThe Pepsi-Cola Addict\u003c\/i\u003e. Jennifer died on 9 March 1993, aged 29, while being transferred from Broadmoor Hospital, where the twins had been incarcerated for ten years, to a lower-security establishment. Known as \"The Silent Twins,\" the story of Jennifer and June-Alison Gibbons has been documented in books, documentaries, and a feature film.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jennifer Gibbons \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48397138198685,"sku":"9781913689919","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dd2aef85-4523-413e-aa07-bc999d50cfd2.jpg?v=1781074082","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/discomania-9781913689919","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}