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    Cynical, modern, insulting author like Bernemann or grotesque factbook needed

    Hello,

    Im looking for something to read which should be in the direction of:
    cynical, modern, fast, agressive, insulting..



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    -style: dynamic, fast, not settled at all or longbreathed
    -radical ("sick,crazy/")
    -not too trivial, but can pretend to be
    -challenging in literary terms (or scientific,etc..)
    -dramatic concept beyond theory application must be there (no nouveau roman, expressionism,etc) and/or extremly

    brutal, mean, agressibe, sarcastic, cynic, politically incorrect, or any other negative property.
    -not classical
    -not emotionally-kitchy, not even the slightest hint
    -no lyrical sentiments
    -humor no problem

    Similar to: Victor Pelewin, Irvene Welsh, Charles Bukowski, Thomas Bernhard,Paul Auster,Danielewski, Ellis,
    Thompson, Chuck Palahniuk, Houellebeq, Jelinek (partly), and most of all: Bernemann

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    Then its just about how wired the facts are, but they should have a definite negative edge.

    Anybody got a clue?

    Thanks!


    PS: Please refrain from discussing everything apart from the question. Thanks!
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    Not exactly modern, but Louis-Ferdinand Celine sounds right up your alley. He was a big influence on a lot of the authors that you mentioned.

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    thanks, know him. too "slow2, aka not modern.

    but thanks!

    more sugestions please

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    Why not write it yourself?

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    Thomas Pynchon.

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    Nick Mamatas? I've only read his original short story collection, but a lot of his work is very political, really funny, and some of it is brutal.
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    Clive James? He might not be cynical enough for you, but he's a great essayist.

    For something harder, try Simon Gray "The smoking diaries".

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