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You may like JP Donleavy, Martin Amis, Will Self, anything by Kerouac, Salinger, Rupert Thomson, Patrick McGrath, Anthony Burgess....
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I keep everything unless its absolutely awful. I dont generally pick anything awful, so Ive got a massive collection. My Goodreads list says Ive got about 1200, but it must be more than that because I will buy duplicate copies of stuff that Im obsessed w/. Ive got a whole garage-sized room...
Oh, well then dont bother w/Visions of Cody. Though I personally found it a delight. Getting off track & into irrelevancy is part of the point, IMO. Dude, its called stream of consciousness man.
I read OTR when I was probably 14, & have loved the Beats ever since (Im 33 now), especially Kerouac. I went through the whole lot of the material a long time ago, & have revisited it several times since.
Dont take anyone's advice that has been given thus far in regards to author's "like"...
I just think the newer stuff is bland compared to the unique, passionate intensity of the early work. It seems like she is really trying to distance herself from those first novels like Lost Souls & Drawing Blood. Theres an intoxicating quality to the writing then, & its missing now, IMO. What...
Ha! Good question. Actually, I discovered PZB by having the username Nothing! I took Nothing from Trent Reznor's label, Nothing Records. Through speaking w/some people online many years ago, someone said to me, "Too many Lost Souls fans". I didnt know what they were talking about, but I soon...
Theres the BBC adaption of Bleak House. I own it but havent watched it yet. Its supposed to be great.
Pick up Great Expectations. I know its sort of massive but its a such a treat, you wont mind the length.