Eastwood's speech at the republican convention.
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Eastwood's speech at the republican convention.
Hi Kelby which of the three descriptions do you apply to this book?Quote:
Originally Posted by kelby_lake
All of them. The novel is narrated by a deluded paedophile as a sort of love letter to a twelve year old girl he supposedly fell in love with, and it's essentially the Jamesian theme of Old Europe corrupting Young America. One of the most unreliable narrators ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by cacian
The Story of the Eye by George Bataille:
http://ps28.squat.net/bataille_story_of_eye.pdf
Anything by Irving Welsh or Kathy Acker and obviously Songs of Maldoror.
The Saline Solution - Marco Vassi
The short stories of Somerset Maugham are extremely cynical. Whilst not explicitly nasty in the way of, say, Burroughs or Irvine Welsh, Maugham has a cold, deterministic view of human nature which I find far more unsettling.
Certain types of writers want to show humanity at its depths. I get the feeling that Maugham saw it as rotten all the way to the top.
The Master and Margarita
"My Life As A Small Boy" by Wally Cox ---really!