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    Mean, evil Literature? Even funny?

    Hey,

    can anyone give me hints on that? Something like mean, evil, sarcastic, cynical literature. Not in plot (splatter, cruelty), but more in description, on the refelxive level. If even funny, id be delighted. Not too classical (sade, celine and the like).

    Like: Dirk Bernemann, Irene Welsh, Thompson, Pelewin, Vonnegut.

    Thanks!

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    Lolita

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    The chants of Maldoror- Lautreamont

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    Catch-22, of course

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    How about Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs? That's the funniest, most evil one I can think of.

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    Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time
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    Dostoevsky. I don't care if you don't want to read the classics. Fyodor puts everyone else down.
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    Hi,

    thanks for all!

    But all too classical and burrows, lolita and catch 22 i know. But even these are too solid, mainstream, undaring.

    Any more ideas?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ich555 View Post
    Hi,

    thanks for all!

    But all too classical and burrows, lolita and catch 22 i know. But even these are too solid, mainstream, undaring.

    Any more ideas?
    Yes...

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    Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time

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    Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

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    Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

    The Man Without Qualities - Robert Musil

    American Pyscho - Bret Easton Ellis
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    Quote Originally Posted by ich555 View Post
    Hi,

    thanks for all!

    But all too classical and burrows, lolita and catch 22 i know. But even these are too solid, mainstream, undaring.

    Any more ideas?
    The Pitchfork Disney by Phillip Ridley.

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    Evelyn Waugh and Saki were both fairly ruthless, as well as enormously funny.

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    Molloy - Beckett

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    The Tin Drum - Grass

    The Fall - Camus

    But these are all also classics, sorry...

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