Reading RANDOM ACTS OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE. This book is madness

It's the diary of a twelve year old girl who's living in a New York City (and an America) that's slowly falling apart. As the story progresses, her family slowly (and then rapidly) falls from the upper-middle to the working class, But what's even more fun is that her language completely changes! For instance, here's the first paragraph of the book:

Mama …