The Saddest Place on Earth: The Art of Camille Rose Garcia (2005)

San Francisco, California: Last Gasp and Santa Ana, California: Grand Central Press (book, monograph, art, 1st), 2005.
11.25" x 11.25" x 0.75", 136 pages, hardcover without dust-jacket as issued, ISBN 978-0-86719-639-9.

The Saddest Place on Earth: The Art of Camille Rose Garcia as published in a hardcover edition by both Last Gasp (San Francisco, California) and Grand Central Press (Santa Ana, California). Edited by Sue Henger and designed by Ryan Di Donato and Andrea Lee Harris in collaboration with Camille Rose Garcia.

This is a monograph of the art of Camille Rose Garcia, which mentions the influence of William S. Burroughs on their work. Burroughs is mentioned in the introductory essays "The Evident Charm of Camille Rose Garcia" by Mike McGee and "Landscapes of the Mind" by Lynn Zelevansky. Quotes from Burroughs appear at the title page, at the introduction to the section "Ultraviolenceland" (from The Ticket That Exploded), and at the introduction to the section"Dreamtime Escape Plan". There are some additional references to Burroughs as well in this book, including a section entitled "The Soft Machine".

This copy was acquired from Jeffrey Weinberg, Water Row Books (Boston, Massachusetts).

Contents: 

• Preamble:
• Mike McGee: "The Evident Charm of Camille Rose Garcia"
• Lynn Zelevansky: "Landscapes of the Mind"
• Chon A. Noriega: "The Dark Weird Stuff"
  
• "The Happiest Place on Earth"
• "The Soft Machine"
  
• "Creepcake's Bakery"
• "Retreat Syndrome"
• "Sleepwalkers"
• "Who's Afraid of the Peppermint Man"
• "Operation Opticon"
• "Doomsday Animals"
• "Pharmaceuticools"
• "Ultraviolenceland"
• "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts"
• "Subterranian [sic] Orphans"
• "Dreamtime Escape Plan"
• Codicil:
• Biography
• Selected Exhibitions
• Bibliography
• Special Thanks