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    Purveyor of Antiquities Chrysanthus's Avatar
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    Need novels full of deep, dark, twisted, violent insanity.

    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?

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    Cormac McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian' is rather savage and certainly fulfills the style criteria.

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    Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
    Stop asking where is God and keep asking where the hell is human!

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    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.

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    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-

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrysanthus View Post
    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?
    Get a job in school.

    King Lear? Hamlet? Just finished The Monk by Matthew Lewis that fits most of the above.

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    Anything by Jim Thompson. And you might also want to give Faulkner's Sanctuary a try. And even Native Son by Richard Wright.

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    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.

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    Stephen King - any of his early stuff. The Stand is disgustingly good.

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    As above, but try Steven King's 'From a Buick 8'. A fantastic tale from start to finish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veva View Post
    Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
    Quote Originally Posted by lupe View Post
    The Wasp Factory of Iain Banks is exactly what you are looking for - and it's brilliant!
    I will second the above two!

    Quote Originally Posted by johann cruyff View Post
    I hear American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis) has what you're looking for, although I must confess that I still haven't read it.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrysanthus View Post
    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?
    Winnie the Pooh by A.A.Milne

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    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-

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    'The very rich hours of Count von Stauffenberg' by Paul West
    'The cement garden' by Ian McEwan
    'Triomf' by Marlene van Niekerk

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    Quote Originally Posted by johann cruyff View Post
    I hear American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis) has what you're looking for, although I must confess that I still haven't read it.
    I've read it and yes, it is indeed. Glamorama is also.

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