The title says it all, I want to be disturbed, affected and mezmerized by something mind-bendingly insane, evil, violent, bloody and twisted...something stylishly done and intelligently assembled.
Suggestions?
The title says it all, I want to be disturbed, affected and mezmerized by something mind-bendingly insane, evil, violent, bloody and twisted...something stylishly done and intelligently assembled.
Suggestions?
Cormac McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian' is rather savage and certainly fulfills the style criteria.
Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Stop asking where is God and keep asking where the hell is human!
I hear American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis) has what you're looking for, although I must confess that I still haven't read it.
Noću, u intimnom, poluglasnom razgovoru sa samim sobom, nikako ne mogu zapravo logički opravdati zašto se u posljednje vrijeme toliko uzrujavam zbog ljudske gluposti.
Miroslav Krleža
The Wasp Factory of Iain Banks is exactly what you are looking for - and it's brilliant!
...As a moth mistakes a bulb
for the moon, and goes to hell...
-Tom Waits-
Get a job in school.Originally Posted by Chrysanthus
King Lear? Hamlet? Just finished The Monk by Matthew Lewis that fits most of the above.
Anything by Jim Thompson. And you might also want to give Faulkner's Sanctuary a try. And even Native Son by Richard Wright.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
The worst feeling in the world isn't loneliness, it's being forgotten by someone you can't forget.
Stephen King - any of his early stuff. The Stand is disgustingly good.
As above, but try Steven King's 'From a Buick 8'. A fantastic tale from start to finish.
I will second the above two!
I have been wanting to read this literally for years now. Maybe we should form a group here and read it together next month?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Winnie the Pooh by A.A.Milne
Two more magnificent novels you will certainly enjoy:
Enduring Love - Ian McEwan
Clara y la penumbra 2001 (The Art of Murder 2004) - Jose Carlos Somoza
...As a moth mistakes a bulb
for the moon, and goes to hell...
-Tom Waits-
'The very rich hours of Count von Stauffenberg' by Paul West
'The cement garden' by Ian McEwan
'Triomf' by Marlene van Niekerk
I've read it and yes, it is indeed. Glamorama is also.
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