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I admit part of this is me kneejerking against its reputation, although I genuinely didn't find much that made it worthwhile - it IS kind of interesting, although it's hard to understand the emphasis on "oh he doesn't react properly!" as opposed to him being a murderer and immediately joining in with a stranger's plot to violently assault a woman he's been pimping out. The narrator gives an affect of not caring but the enthusiasm with which he joins in with Raymond's violence is shocking - he re
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Not sure how I missed this in high school, but I'm glad I picked it up. A very interesting product of its time, and a really wonderful ending, if you can call it wonderful.
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Jul 18, 2009
Colin Davis
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