7 TATTOOS
At once a wild anthropology, eclectic theology, literary observation, and a treatise on the uses of body modification and tattooing, 7 TATTOOS is the memoir of an eloquent writer. Even Trachtenberg's most harrowing and absurd experiences become universal through his illuminating prose.

Each chapter in 7 TATTOOS explores the theme evoked by the corresponding tattoo: death, sacrilege, primitivism, rebellion, atonement, sadomasochism, downfall.

Each of Trachtenberg's seven tattoos is a totem, a print the world has left on him that he has chosen to display on his body.

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